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After 3 yrs of hard work, Rep. Duerr & I finally got #HB1181 past the finish line! Planning for climate resiliency in the Growth Management Act will undo historic harms while creating a blueprint for the livable, walkable neighborhoods our communities need & deserve. #WALeg (1/2)

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Honored to serve on the boards of two of these great organizations:

@FuturewiseWA

and

. We're strongest when we're in coalition with others, and in partnership with great elected leadership like Rep. Bateman.

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Rep. Jessica Bateman

@jessdbateman

Apr 12

Passing HB 1110 was only possible because of a coalition of diverse supporters making housing a priority.

1/ @FuturewiseWA @Sightline @AARPWA @MBAKS_Voice @SierraClubWASt @UrbanistOrg @AKB1968

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NEW: Feedback on what to do with a final two block stretch of Bell Street overwhelmingly pushed the city to rethink vehicle access and turn the space over to people walking, biking, and rolling. That feedback has largely been set aside.

Office of the Waterfront Sets Aside Feedback on Fully Pedestrianizing Bell Street

As different elements of Seattle’s waterfront overhaul are beginning to open to the public, Seattleites of all stripes naturally have many opinions about how things are turning out. Given the…

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Apr 11

Woohoo!!! #Homes4WA

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Rep. Jessica Bateman

@jessdbateman

Apr 11

HB 1110 is on the Senate run list!!! @UrbanistOrg @Sightline @AARPWA @SierraClubWASt @FuturewiseWA content.govdelivery.com/attachments/WA

Ray is noncommittal about the timeline, so allow me to clarify: 1948-1992: Turkey Sandwich 1993-2001: Teriyaki 2002-2008: Pad Thai 2009-2014: Phở 2015-2018: Ramen 2019: Anything from Biscuit Bitch 2020-present: Poké

In Search Of The Essential Lunch of Post-Teriyaki Seattle

There was a time that Seattle’s complete neighborhoods were defined not by walkability or access to services, but by the quality of their cheap teriyaki lunch. The selection of sauced meats on a pi…

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@JHopLovesTrains

Apr 5

Seattle is home to some of the best Urbanist journalism in the country. Started with

@SeaTransitBlog

, long-standing good coverage in the

@seattletimes

and

@TheStranger

, and the torch is particularly well carried by

. Worthy of your support!

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Apr 5

NEW: Subscriber Drive Testimonial: Jesse Simpson theurbanist.org/2023/04/05/sub

A map of all pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in Seattle since 2020, for

Story here: theurbanist.org/2023/04/04/acc

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Richard de Sam Lazaro

@rdslazaro

Apr 3

It's *achingly* basic: 1. Don't expect people to move into transit if it means sacrificing reliability, enjoyment, and speed. 2. Construction delays are more quickly forgiven if existing product is stellar and future vision is clear and compelling. PRIORITIZE RIDER EXPERIENCE.

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NEW: Fast, Frequent Transit Would Drive Ridership Rebound, Commute Seattle Survey Shows theurbanist.org/2023/04/03/fas

Thank you

! This survey makes it clear: we must boost transit service if we want to restore ridership! I am committed to working with community to bring a funding package forward for increased service to connect all our communities to fast, reliable transit. Let’s go!

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NEW: Fast, Frequent Transit Would Drive Ridership Rebound, Commute Seattle Survey Shows theurbanist.org/2023/04/03/fas

The latest changes to WA's middle housing bill HB 1110 weaken it slightly, but the bill still represents a HUGE step forward for housing abundance. It will legalize fourplexes in the state's 17 biggest cities, and duplexes in smaller cities. app.leg.wa.gov/committeesched #Homes4WA

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Great to join a packed house of fellow transit riders and speak about the urgency of boosting transit service now this week! Thank you to

@SeattleTRU

@SeattleSubway

for bringing us together to create a movement to restore and expand transit service for all. Let’s go!

NEW: Mayor Harrell Unveils $970 Million Housing Levy Proposal

Mayor Harrell Unveils $970 Million Housing Levy Proposal

Hamstrung by rising building costs, Seattle’s seven-year levy would fund 3,000 affordable homes. The Seattle Housing Levy is due for renewal this year, and Mayor Bruce Harrell unveiled a $970…

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I've lost count, but roughly a dozen canceled RapidRide H Line runs today. Is it still a "RapidRide" when frequency is so diminished by canceled trips?? #BoostTransitNow

Metro Launches the H Line, its First RapidRide Line in Nine Years

This weekend King County Metro starts service on the RapidRide H line, running between Downtown Seattle and Burien. The seventh RapidRide line and the first launched since the RapidRide F in 2014, …

Local officials need to step up, provide more resources, and guarantee frequent reliable transit. #BoostTransitNow

Bus Service Needs Investment Rather Than Neglect

Transit is at a crossroads. The pandemic upended a period of growing ridership and service that saw Seattle lead the nation in both the rate of ridership gains and car-free household formation. It …

Three RapidRide H Line trip cancelations already this morning.

@KingCountyMetro

really needs more bus drivers.

We had a blast at last night's Boost Transit Social Hour with

and

@SeattleSubway

! Thanks to everyone who came to hang out & talk transit!

NEW: The Urbanist Spring Events Calendar

The Urbanist Spring Events Calendar

Now that the Vernal Equinox has passed, thoughts here at The Urbanist turn to thinner socks with our Birkenstocks and other rites of spring. We have four wonderful events scheduled for the next few…

The House is worried the TOD bill might provide a little bit *too* much TOD.

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Ryan Packer

@typewriteralley

Mar 25

A striker for SB 5466, WA's TOD bill, in the House housing committee would reduce the applicability of the bill around frequent local bus routes, with 15 minute service, to an eighth of a mile. In the version the senate passed, this was a half mile and 20 minute service.

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Station area is defined ass all parcels within an urban growth area and 1/2 mile from high capacity transit, 1/4 from BRT, and 1/8 from a frequent bus stop

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Just a reminder, Transit Riders Union, The Urbanist, and Seattle Subway are having a Boost Transit Social Hour this Tuesday, 6pm at Optimism. If you are interested in more transit (or want to find out if I really do look like Pusheen), come out!

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Boost Transit Now Social Hour

Meet other transit advocates, find out ways to get involved, and brainstorm ideas to boost transit service.

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The cognitive dissonance of people is kind of astounding. This was such a major concern around eliminating the 99 viaduct and the warnings of a "carmageddon." And what happened? Nothing. Everyone was fine. Traffic didn't get worse. Put the stations WHERE. PEOPLE. WANT. TO. BE.

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Ryan Packer

@typewriteralley

Most commenters in favor of Terry Ave are using the argument that Westlake and Denny is too important of a place to disrupt with light rail station construction, instead apparently arguing that riders should be forced to walk up a huge hill away from north-south buses.

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Very foreboding as today the Sound Transit Board, in the dark about many issues, prepares to gut ST3 and worsen the rider experience for thousands of riders.

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A Link train needed to be rebooted. It went dark inside.

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Darkened inside of train with passengers. Low lighting is blue

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If you're confused about how the

@kcexec

- and

@mayorofseattle

-preferred "South" and "North of CID" stations would perform in practice—what the experience will be like trekking to transfers at the shoehorned north and far-flung south station—read this:

What We Know About Sound Transit’s Alternatives to a Chinatown Station

It ain’t much, but that’s all the Board’s going on too. This week, the Sound Transit Board of Directors will be deciding on preferred Ballard Link alignments and station locations…

But zoom out to see the absurdity of Sound Transit's plan. We'll be 116 miles into building a light rail system with: 0⃣ stations in First Hill, Belltown, or DT Tacoma 1⃣ station in Capitol Hill 1⃣ station in Ballard 4⃣ stations in SoDo, for some reason.

What You Don’t Understand About Seattle’s Light Rail Expansion May Doom the System

There is no spine. There is no Ballard to West Seattle extension. There is no one coming to save us. By 2042, Seattle should have four Link light rail lines covering downtown and branching out to R…

King County would retain land ownership, which means no equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD) reqs like ST surplus land has. #st3 #JailStation

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Mike Lindblom

@MikeLindblom

Mar 22

The anticipated letter of intent just got posted. No financial details. It explains a strategy for the county to donate land parcels, while Sound Transit assures county-desired features such as walkways, housing, ADA access and/or underground parking. soundtransit.org/st_sharepoint/

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Mar 22

This puts it succinctly. North of CID is too far to be a good transfer station. Too close to expand service area. Yet

@kcexec

is forging ahead to pick it tomorrow anyway.

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Jackson Teal

@jbteal

Mar 22

To underline the absurdity of station placement of North of CID at the Admin Bldg, the distance is both too long to be considered a good transfer hub and too close to provide any new station coverage downtown. Also, no multi-transit hub. (Original video 3min 20sec)

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The Pierce County Council passed a .1% sales tax for affordable housing tonight.

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Ryan Mello

@RyanMelloTacoma

Mar 15

We need need to utilize every tool available in order to tackle the #AffordableHousing crisis here in Pierce County. Take action TODAY to encourage the @PierceCoCouncil to pass this desperately needed funding stream that would generate $20M/year & help leverage state/fed funding. twitter.com/RyanMelloPierc…

gee I don't know why anyone would say these plans aren't fully formed, why just look at these beautiful future buildings floating in midair in

@kcexec

's civic-complex vision!

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Mar 21

Image of 5th Avenue S at S Jackson Street looking toward the Link station. The streetscape and buildings are also depicted

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The Urbanist editorial board’s take: @SoundTransit and its board have failed to show their work. They haven't explained themselves and brought the community along. They're simply not ready to come to a final CID Station decision. Op-ed: theurbanist.org/2023/03/21/edi

This morning reporting from Axios confirmed what I was first to report at

: Seattle's pilot bus lane cameras are issuing lots of first warnings and tickets, but the pilot block-the-box cameras are hardly issuing any tickets after warnings.

Seattle’s ‘Block the Box’ Cameras Show Early Signs of Working

The new intersection cameras issued over 1,800 warning tickets to blocking drivers within the first few months of the program, but only 34 official citations. Earlier this year, Seattle became the …

‘We can’t duplex and triplex our way out of our housing shortage - though it’s a good step since we do need more diverse types of housing, and rapidly.’ Incremental change is something, but what we really need is new housing at scale. Good take:

A Triplex Bill Is Fine, But We Need Housing Action on a Truly Massive Scale

We need homes. A lot of homes. Not just affordable housing, but also middle-income ones, and even luxury homes. I agree with virtually every word of Hayley Bonsteel’s excellent piece for The Urbani…

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Reminder: “CID North” means the highest ridership new station in ST3 is in danger of deletion and First Hill might be left out in the cold… again.

This morning King County is cutting the ribbon on the RapidRide H, the first new RapidRide since 2014. A lot of electeds and public servants are here to celebrate the upgraded route 120.

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In 25 years, people will be outraged at what

@soundtransit

did in 2023 to make the system slow and inconvenient—bypassing Chinatown much the same way it now bypasses First Hill and Graham Street, two other planned stations that got cut.

What You Don’t Understand About Seattle’s Light Rail Expansion May Doom the System

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SoDo traffic safety is spiraling. It's like Mad Max out there. Are we just going to keep letting this happen?

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Ryan Packer

@typewriteralley

Mar 17

Not much more additional information available from SPD this morning, but we do know a 40 year old woman is the latest victim of traffic violence in SoDo last night. spdblotter.seattle.gov/2023/03/17/wom

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The CID station on Line 1 is so vital! It keeps the CID directly connected to the south, it keeps South Seattle connected to the CID, and it keeps the region directly connected to King St Station and Sounder rail! THESE CONNECTIONS ARE VITAL!🧵 1/

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Mar 15

King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci wants a good transit option for Chinatown in the Ballard Link Extension. In an interview, she talks lessening third-party funding demands, honing decision-making culture, and not further kicking the can. Story: theurbanist.org/2023/03/15/bal

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NEW: Balducci Wants a Good Transit Option for Chinatown