Asher
@asher755.bsky.social
housing + trains + bikes + planes + cities + politics… alert citizen
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Apparently someone got hit by a train in Rainier Valley but they are ok. Idk how you solve this though.
Checked out Federal Way but Sound Transit had major delays this evening so had to catch the bus home instead :(
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Apparently someone got hit by a train in Rainier Valley but they are ok. Idk how you solve this though.
Checked out Federal Way but Sound Transit had major delays this evening so had to catch the bus home instead :(
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Checked out Federal Way but Sound Transit had major delays this evening so had to catch the bus home instead :(
Uh why is it white?
Almost TWO YEARS after a driver veered off the road and destroyed a bus shelter, fully grown tree, and concrete seating, the shelter has been replaced.
We’ve been begging for improvements here since the crash. Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social @kingcountymetro.bsky.social for coming through!
We’ve been begging for improvements here since the crash. Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social @kingcountymetro.bsky.social for coming through!
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Uh why is it white?
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Meanwhile Seattle has a light rail station that should've opened already, with a freeway lid, and hasn't bothered to upzone it! With no upzoning date set!
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Meanwhile Seattle has a light rail station that should've opened already, with a freeway lid, and hasn't bothered to upzone it! With no upzoning date set!
cmon small city dont you want the revenue!?
Incredible that a city of 25,000 people has identified a single location where an automatic speed camera would be expected to issue 1,000 tickets per day.
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
cmon small city dont you want the revenue!?
Lmao
CM Susan Honda questioned the need to install a new sidewalk at all: "This would be going into a neighborhood with existing homes, and a lot of cars parked along the street there...why is this needed there?," she asked city staff.
Staff pointed out that most of those cars are parked illegally.
Staff pointed out that most of those cars are parked illegally.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Lmao
So many cars 😭😵💫
City of Seattle offices are closed this Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.
On holidays, we like to dig into the archives: here's Pike Place Market in 1933 (courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives).
As a courtesy reminder: paid street parking is not in effect on major holidays.
On holidays, we like to dig into the archives: here's Pike Place Market in 1933 (courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives).
As a courtesy reminder: paid street parking is not in effect on major holidays.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So many cars 😭😵💫
you pass impact fees onto developers and then wonder why new housing is so expensive / non-existent!
This paragraph makes no sense to me. You want more housing but you want to carve away the ROI so it’s infeasible to build? Isnt Seattle closing schools because of declining attendance and a surplus of schools?
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
you pass impact fees onto developers and then wonder why new housing is so expensive / non-existent!
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This is actually a huge milestone.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is actually a huge milestone.
Woah
I've seen them going through downtown!! some of the signage is even showing it too!
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Woah
So much pain :(
A hyped Bobby Dodd Stadium at night is going about as well as Bill Belichick’s season opener.
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So much pain :(
I land in Georgia and MTG immediately resigns. Coincidence?
6 people texted me the MTG news.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I land in Georgia and MTG immediately resigns. Coincidence?
PAINT IT RED
Hearing a rumor recently I hadn't been hearing a few weeks ago: transportation committee chair Alexis Mercedes Rinck?
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
PAINT IT RED
HUGE
Big 2 Line news: operational trials testing four minute headways between International District and Lynnwood start NEXT MONDAY
www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/20/s...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/20/s...
Sound Transit 2 Line Testing Enters a New, More Visible Phase » The Urbanist
# Light rail riders will see out-of-service trains running between International District-Chinatown and Lynnwood as the next major milestone for testing on the full 2 Line.
www.theurbanist.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
HUGE
🚨 Transition website!
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Website for Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson
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November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🚨 Transition website!
www.seattle.gov/mayor-elect
www.seattle.gov/mayor-elect
Madison Valley has fallen (to PCC)
More than nine years after the process started, the "Save Madison Valley" building is finally getting close to opening its doors to residents.
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Madison Valley has fallen (to PCC)
“I have nothing against Westbank, the developer of the tower. I’m glad someone is building housing in downtown Seattle, even if it’s housing that people like me can’t afford.”
Throwback to the time that The Urbanist sent Katie Wilson to cover the grand opening of a Belltown highrise, which featured the hoisting of a $1.6 million supercar to the building's roof. But how people cover child care costs is a scandal, am I right?
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/19/h...
www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/19/h...
Op-Ed: Hoisting ‘Supercar’ 47 Stories Inaugurates Condo Opening, New Gilded Age » The Urbanist
# A million-dollar McLaren Elva briefly graced the 47th floor rooftop next to the jacuzzi to promote the
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November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“I have nothing against Westbank, the developer of the tower. I’m glad someone is building housing in downtown Seattle, even if it’s housing that people like me can’t afford.”
Interesting question —>
Why don't all councilmembers just do the kinds of things that @alexis4seattle.bsky.social does? Do they dislike popularity? Do they enjoy difficult elections?
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Interesting question —>
Adding carfree households but not more carfree space 👎
Living in Capitol Hill is a study in contradictions: you're in a place has added more carfree households than maybe any other neighborhood on the west coast over the past two decades, and yet every net new car that gets added actively degrades your quality of life.
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Adding carfree households but not more carfree space 👎
I’m so confused with the 2 right now… isn’t the stop at 12th Ave open now?
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I’m so confused with the 2 right now… isn’t the stop at 12th Ave open now?
Love it when the State Environmental Policy Act is more about preserving the status quo versus protecting the environment!
...Realtors, Puget Sound Regional Council, SEPA, Maritime-Industrial interests, the Freight Board, the Port of Seattle, your crazy uncle...
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Love it when the State Environmental Policy Act is more about preserving the status quo versus protecting the environment!
We need to build proper infrastructure for these popular scooters!
NEW // Seattle Scootershare Ridership Continues to Surge, as Critics Make Regulatory Push
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/15/s...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/15/s...
Seattle Scootershare Ridership Continues to Surge, as Critics Make Regulatory Push » The Urbanist
# Seattle's scootershare and bikeshare program continues to boom, setting a new ridership record in 2025. At the same time, the program could be at risk of falling victim to its own popularity, with i...
www.theurbanist.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We need to build proper infrastructure for these popular scooters!
We must move fast and not get bogged down in “process”
Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We must move fast and not get bogged down in “process”
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Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Seattle — Now that we have electeds that listen to left urbanists, we have to be clear about what we want & be very loud so they have political cover. We have to make sure media hears us so electeds respond to us. Next 3 years hinges on being very active at council. Election was only the beginning!
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Seattle’s historical boards and commissions are mostly reactionary fiefdoms.
Tom Graff says that if SDOT moves forward on bollards without commission approval, "we will stop you in every way that we can."
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Seattle’s historical boards and commissions are mostly reactionary fiefdoms.