An argument for Christmas-oriented urbanism: we should pedestrianize more of Seattle downtown so this can be move one block north and be Pines on Pine

Great ride with Bike Disco last night!

Loved the energy at No Kings Redmond today!

Speed bumps frequently get taken at speed here (like everywhere) so certain roads employ a "speed ditch" that is far more successful at slowing vehicles down.

In places like airport entrances, it's a little more obvious that it's an intentional choice - here it might just be a lazy utility

Out watching the eclipse tonight only to find this little predator ready to pounce on me

Cattle-based traffic calming just north of the second busiest rail station in India (Sealdah)

Easy urbanist idea from Kolkata - commercial vehicles have licence plate numbers shown on all four sides.

Probably mostly to make traffic officers' job easier but also way more visible as a pedestrian

Based on the new buildings in the area, this is probably the beginnings of a six story condo building

Visiting Kolkata due to a death in my wife's family, so we happen to be in town a few weeks before the major holiday of Durga Puja.

I've never been in person, but hundreds of temporary pandals get built all over the city and I've stumbled across these two under construction on adjacent blocks

I guess the lack of crushed produce is proof that Kolkata drivers don't cut the curb much

Sometimes it's hard to miss how we protect infrastructure, not people