I said this in my thank you note to the mayors office following the Bicycle Weekend kickoff celebration:
“On my ride home, I spotted Mayor Wilson and her family enjoying a quiet picnic at Stan Sayres Park. It brings me great joy to see our leaders enjoying the same amenities we all share.
Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is announcing today the opening of a 75-unit enhanced tiny house shelter for people experiencing homelessness, located in the Interbay neighborhood.
The facility is a part of Wilson’s plan to open 1,000 new shelter beds per year, with 300 beds announced so far in 2026.
"[S]he’s made more appearances in West Seattle in five months than at least the last few mayors made in their entire terms" -West Seattle Blog on Katie Wilson
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This dog enjoying a front row seat on Lake Washington Boulevard made my day.
We need to do better when it comes to designing the front door to the judkins Park station
Residents in the Rainier Valley have also been asking for changes to our streets to try to address drive-by shootings as well, and under Harrell's SDOT those asks went absolutely nowhere and no one on council seemed to care.
Between marathon recovery and work, I hadn't had the chance to check out Lake Washington Blvd Bike Weekends, but I changed that today! Gorgeous weather and so many families, pets, bicyclists, joggers, walkers, and even hoverboarders enjoying the beautiful weather and car free zones!
Our chair has previously posted about how he wished this intersection was designed to prioritize people instead of cars. bsky.app/profile/jroc...
That's the start of the first wave of the first event in today's record-setting 10th annual Loop the 'Lupe at Walt Hundley Playfield - the
Should Seattle sales tax be increased to subsidize wealthy suburban road building? No! But that's what the King County Council is proposing to do this Friday. Tell them to treat Seattle fairly, and not siphon $3 million sales tax for Bellevue etc.
Take action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/8415...
Rainier Valley Safe Streets
Rainier Valley Safe Streets
Rainier Valley Safe Streets
NEW STORY// Seattle Leaders Push Back on Plan to Shortchange City in New Countywide Tax
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
Cities keep hearing the same pitch: "Give us tax breaks, incentives, and subsidies, or we'll leave."
My latest piece asks why we treat multinational corporations and neighborhood businesses as the same thing. One can relocate at the stroke of a CEO's pen. The other is already home.
southseattleemerald.org
2. As major companies cut jobs and seek subsidies, Marcus Harrison Green makes the case for supporting worker-owned, family-run, and neighborhood businesses that keep wealth circulating locally.
A 0.1% countywide sales tax hike is on deck for later this week, largely to fund road improvements outside cities and towns. Seattle city leaders are arguing that a proposed cap diverting several million dollars per year to other cities and towns is unfair.
Dear King County Council, Siphoning nearly $3 million of regressive sales tax from Seattleites to subsidize building roads in wealthy suburbs like Medina, Bellevue, Yarrow Point, and Beaux Arts is un...
Seattle Fire just responded to a driver hitting someone on a bike at 23rd Ave S and S Judkins Street.
Ryan Packer
Seattle Streets Alliance
Mhgreen3000
The Urbanist
For the last 2 years, residents here have been asking the mayor and city council to consider reconfiguring the built environment as a means to help deter gun violence. 6 months into a new mayor's term, some members of the city council have conveniently found urgency to take action.
www.fox13seattle.com
Seattle councilmembers are calling on the mayor to close neighborhood roads near Aurora Avenue, calling it a public safety crisis.
The current design forces all users crossing on wheels or feet into ~20 feet of space with poles taking up much of the space.
We should extend the curb and add bollards (purple), extend the shared space into the parking spaces (white), and open up the choke point on the east side (green)
A new tax measure intended to bolster unincorporated King County could also boost city budgets...but significantly shortchange Seattle with an arbitrary cap.
www.theurbanist.org/new-county-t...
An amendment put forward by King County Councilmember Steffanie Fain would cap Seattle's participation in a new pass-through funding program to well below the city's proportional share, resulting in m...
