Curbwonk
@curbwonk.bsky.social
A critical Urbanist interested in the intersections of policy and urban place making with little hope for a better future. Uses sarcasm to cope.
Love this response. We need more of it across the city.
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Love this response. We need more of it across the city.
I'd like every green street and stay healthy street to have small shops and play areas, ample seating, and places to visit. I would absolutely linger in those conditions.
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'd like every green street and stay healthy street to have small shops and play areas, ample seating, and places to visit. I would absolutely linger in those conditions.
My god, forgive the typomania above
(In a few years they'll shut one down to save money)
(In a few years they'll shut one down to save money)
December 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My god, forgive the typomania above
(In a few years they'll shut one down to save money)
(In a few years they'll shut one down to save money)
But ST has no idea what they're doing. If you think they're going to get SkyTrain efficiency, they're not.
They didn't even purchase the land needed for a known expansion and infill tracks. Do you think they can possibly operate 2 systems? I'm a few years them shit I've sure to save costs again.
They didn't even purchase the land needed for a known expansion and infill tracks. Do you think they can possibly operate 2 systems? I'm a few years them shit I've sure to save costs again.
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
But ST has no idea what they're doing. If you think they're going to get SkyTrain efficiency, they're not.
They didn't even purchase the land needed for a known expansion and infill tracks. Do you think they can possibly operate 2 systems? I'm a few years them shit I've sure to save costs again.
They didn't even purchase the land needed for a known expansion and infill tracks. Do you think they can possibly operate 2 systems? I'm a few years them shit I've sure to save costs again.
One major flaw with our current Green Streets and Our stay healthy streets in Seattle is that there's nothing to do on them (zoning problems) and all the houses still have driveways.
December 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
One major flaw with our current Green Streets and Our stay healthy streets in Seattle is that there's nothing to do on them (zoning problems) and all the houses still have driveways.
They would need a track to bypass the other trains
December 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
They would need a track to bypass the other trains
The design of the light rail is awfully similar to a commuter rail and getting more so over time. In other words, just bad
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The design of the light rail is awfully similar to a commuter rail and getting more so over time. In other words, just bad
This has bothered me for a long time. It seems like we can just move a good number of the approaches over the water
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This has bothered me for a long time. It seems like we can just move a good number of the approaches over the water
Congratulations! And, my god, things shouldn't take that long...
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Congratulations! And, my god, things shouldn't take that long...
Yeah, I'm not attached to the current setup whatsoever. We could tear the whole thing down and put in its place a facsimile of it for all I care.
December 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Yeah, I'm not attached to the current setup whatsoever. We could tear the whole thing down and put in its place a facsimile of it for all I care.
unless, one day, we remove the damned highways
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
unless, one day, we remove the damned highways
Tap on and tap off, with travel zones, solves this problem.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Tap on and tap off, with travel zones, solves this problem.
How about we just make it safer to climb? Or build better places for people to get thrills like this?
It seems like we need to acknowledge that people will always seek out experiences like this and we should facilitate them more than try to limit them.
It should be made inviting to climb.
It seems like we need to acknowledge that people will always seek out experiences like this and we should facilitate them more than try to limit them.
It should be made inviting to climb.
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
How about we just make it safer to climb? Or build better places for people to get thrills like this?
It seems like we need to acknowledge that people will always seek out experiences like this and we should facilitate them more than try to limit them.
It should be made inviting to climb.
It seems like we need to acknowledge that people will always seek out experiences like this and we should facilitate them more than try to limit them.
It should be made inviting to climb.
That world has only ever existed where there are no bad people, which happen to exist in reality. Those people you speak of were all murdered by invading armies.
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
That world has only ever existed where there are no bad people, which happen to exist in reality. Those people you speak of were all murdered by invading armies.
It can be true that some ownership is exploitative and other ownership is not while both are capitalism. Your argument, as articulated, is that ALL ownership is inherently exploitative and that simply isn't the case. Hence nonsense.
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It can be true that some ownership is exploitative and other ownership is not while both are capitalism. Your argument, as articulated, is that ALL ownership is inherently exploitative and that simply isn't the case. Hence nonsense.
It is not. It should be easy to imagine a business, built from the blood sweat and tears of an individual, is still owned by that individual after they step away from the business. The fact that people are still employed at all is value added, not exploitation of the employees.
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It is not. It should be easy to imagine a business, built from the blood sweat and tears of an individual, is still owned by that individual after they step away from the business. The fact that people are still employed at all is value added, not exploitation of the employees.
Ownership happens as a byproduct of getting people to fund a business. Certainly there's a subset of things within capitalism that aren't perfect or even good, but that doesn't make them scams nor is it a good critique. It boils down to "I don't like it, therefore it must be a scam" type logic.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ownership happens as a byproduct of getting people to fund a business. Certainly there's a subset of things within capitalism that aren't perfect or even good, but that doesn't make them scams nor is it a good critique. It boils down to "I don't like it, therefore it must be a scam" type logic.
It's nonsense because allocating capital is itself a job that requires work and skill. Not everyone can both identify value-add business ideas, and convince people to fund it at the same time. Widget Town Inc, paying people's salaries (+sum), wouldn't exist without first being created with capital.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's nonsense because allocating capital is itself a job that requires work and skill. Not everyone can both identify value-add business ideas, and convince people to fund it at the same time. Widget Town Inc, paying people's salaries (+sum), wouldn't exist without first being created with capital.
They don't. Clearly a psyop
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
They don't. Clearly a psyop
What a wrinkle-free brain move: deciding NOT to acquire the land where the stations are planned. 🤦
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What a wrinkle-free brain move: deciding NOT to acquire the land where the stations are planned. 🤦
Absolute insanity. I think this is what happens when governments stop building up expertise in house and defer to the free market for things.
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Absolute insanity. I think this is what happens when governments stop building up expertise in house and defer to the free market for things.
Right. Seems like a dog whistle to me. They're signalling their "aPAC dogs”
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Right. Seems like a dog whistle to me. They're signalling their "aPAC dogs”