Anton Babadjanov

@antonbaa

Urbanism, product management, psychology. Work at Microsoft AI & Research on the Knowledge Graph powering Bing, Office, Cortana. Opinions & thoughts are my own.

Seattle, WA
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  1. May 17

    I also want to thank Transportation Choices Coalition, Mass Transit Now and, in fact, many others which were absolutely instrumental for winning. Without this collaboration Seattle would not have embarked upon this path to greener, healthier and more equitable transportation. 4/4

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  2. May 17

    I really think that Seattle Subway changed the course of history. Today, during one of the worst economic downturns in recent history + an ongoing pandemic with transit ridership down more than 80% I'd imagine ST3 would have had no chance. 3/4

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  3. May 17

    convinced ST to put the measure up in 2016 rather than 2020 or later as originally expected, Seattle would have likely not funded a new rapid transit expansion until 2024 or 2028, severely delaying progress just like it happened in the 70s (back then it took 26 years!). 2/4

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  4. May 17

    Just realized how much more significant the win of 3 was in 2016 than it appears. Back in 1968 Seattle failed to fund a rapid transit system with the Forward Thrust measure. It was repackaged in 1970 but failed again due to a recession. Had not... 1/4

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  5. Retweeted
    May 7

    Dog/bike/kid/solo walking. People enjoying the sunshine and the first day of the Bellevue Healthy Streets pilot on SE 4th St. The street is closed to non-local traffic to provide more room to move & social distance (6 feet!) during COVID-19.

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  6. May 10

    "the concept of all shops and services within a 15 to 20 minute walk/bike commute is not going to happen because it is the right thing to do, but because people have experienced the importance of those aspects in their neighbourhoods during the pandemic."

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    May 3

    It’s going to be vitally important for retailers and restaurants.

    For restaurants to survive during the testing-and-tracing phase of pandemic response, cities will need to move aggressively to create safer open air spaces.
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  8. Apr 4

    One of my favorite small businesses, tea shop is having trouble surviving the crisis. If you love tea, order from their carefully curated selection online at . Their story:

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  9. Mar 8

    COVID-19 outbreak and Microsoft does the decent thing (now this is progress) via &

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    Mar 3

    🌙🚌🚎 Night crews will begin to clean every bus in Metro’s fleet using a bleach solution to wipe down high-touch surfaces such as buttons, handholds, pull cords, rails, and stanchions and disinfect the transit operator’s work area.

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  11. Mar 4

    My travel stats for the month of February: 33 miles walking 14 miles biking 13 miles transit 0 miles in a car If we had more protected bike lanes I could probably replace the 13 miles of transit with biking as well.

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    Mar 3

    Nicely sized crowd at the Environmental Stewardship Initiatives action workshop! A lot of great ideas listed here, so glad to see city staff coming up with such helpful initiatives. Let's be a leading edge city and go above and beyond!

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    Mar 3

    Thanks to fast work by we now know that there are at least two transmission chains circulating in the greater Seattle area. We're working on revised prevalence estimates.

    Updated with the 3rd genome from Washington State sampled just 5 days ago on Feb 27. This looks like part of a transmission chain exported from Europe. Huge props to GISAID 👏
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    Feb 23

    Disappointing but not surprising. “GLOBALLY, MORE THAN 1.3 million people per year are killed in road crashes, with a further 50 million people seriously injured. Such crashes are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5–29 years.”

    U.S. Only Nation To Dissociate From Global Declaration On Preventing Road Deaths
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    Feb 21

    Hey, look at that view! We almost forgot that riders will be able to see Mt. Rainier from the future South Bellevue Station platform.

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    Feb 20

    Do you really care about safety? Do this. It will save more lives in about anything else you can try.

    NYC removed private vehicles from E. 14th St. in October. Traffic crashes: ⬇️ 53% Traffic injuries: ⬇️ 63%. THIS is how you get to . Can't wait to see the data on a few months from now!
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    Feb 21

    Planned improvements on the in over the next several years. Sad to see the ramp to Northup Way has slipped all the way to 2026.

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    Feb 17

    It is rare to be hit by a car on a street that has no cars. Pedestrianizing streets should be part of every city’s strategy.

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  19. Feb 16

    Hate it when you get packaging that can't be recycled? Especially fossil-fuel based Styrofoam? Well in Japan they recycle it! Really cool:

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  20. Feb 16

    While I dislike division, I agree with the point. People in the suburbs value cars but also not having too many around their homes. Same is true for any high density residential area, e.g. downtowns. People there have the same right to quiet and safe streets with next to no cars.

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    You: is divisive rhetoric that will alienate suburbanites. Suburbanites: I live on a cul-de-sac so people don't drive through my neighborhood.
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