Kyle Jacobson
@ks-jacobson.bsky.social
Privacy professional. Can we ban cars just a little bit?
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Kyle Jacobson
@ks-jacobson.bsky.social
· Jan 26
If I paid attention like Seattle drivers, I'd be dead | Op-Ed
I am alive today because when I am walking or biking around Seattle, I anticipate the actions of drivers — many of whom aren't paying attention to me.
www.seattletimes.com
My op-ed in the Seattle Times on pedestrian safety. I stay safe every day by anticipating the dangerous but predictable actions of drivers, and I shouldn't have to: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/pede...
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The City of Seattle's 2026 state legislative agenda is *incredibly* light in the area of transportation.
December 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The City of Seattle's 2026 state legislative agenda is *incredibly* light in the area of transportation.
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Meanwhile Sara Nelson is using her time with the state legislative team to advocate against a potential craft beer excise tax.
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Meanwhile Sara Nelson is using her time with the state legislative team to advocate against a potential craft beer excise tax.
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Microsoft, Amazon, and other big corporations spent a lot of $$ to defeat progressive Dems in WA legislative special elections this year. They lost *every single one* of those races. That should be a loud and clear signal to Democratic leaders in the legislature about what the electorate wants.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Microsoft, Amazon, and other big corporations spent a lot of $$ to defeat progressive Dems in WA legislative special elections this year. They lost *every single one* of those races. That should be a loud and clear signal to Democratic leaders in the legislature about what the electorate wants.
Making Boren pedestrian and bike friendly is my white whale. Making Rainier and MLK safe is more important, but the people deserve pleasant direct routes between populous neighborhoods
i don’t think we as seattle urbanists don’t talk enough about boren ave
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Making Boren pedestrian and bike friendly is my white whale. Making Rainier and MLK safe is more important, but the people deserve pleasant direct routes between populous neighborhoods
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Cascade PBS has republished an op-ed from former Seattle PD monitor Antonio Oftelie. They took it down in 2023 after learning it had been partially ghostwritten by the Seattle PD.
For some reason, its been republished with no explanation.
www.cascadepbs.org/opinion/2020...
For some reason, its been republished with no explanation.
www.cascadepbs.org/opinion/2020...
Seattle, be wary of defunding police without building bridges
Lasting change in policing and public safety will not flow from feel-good funding shifts. Social services must be transformed, too.
www.cascadepbs.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Cascade PBS has republished an op-ed from former Seattle PD monitor Antonio Oftelie. They took it down in 2023 after learning it had been partially ghostwritten by the Seattle PD.
For some reason, its been republished with no explanation.
www.cascadepbs.org/opinion/2020...
For some reason, its been republished with no explanation.
www.cascadepbs.org/opinion/2020...
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Your annual Black Friday reminder that parking mandates for businesses are way too big! Ditch them all.
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
Yes, Even Walmart Wants to Build Smaller Parking Lots | Sightline Institute
Retailers are responding to the boom in e-commerce. Shouldn’t cities’ parking codes change, too?
www.sightline.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Your annual Black Friday reminder that parking mandates for businesses are way too big! Ditch them all.
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...
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truly the city of no fun allowed! why the hell is the best beach in town open later during the winter than during the summer?
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
truly the city of no fun allowed! why the hell is the best beach in town open later during the winter than during the summer?
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Mayor-elect Katie Wilson just announced her transition team, with 61 members overseeing different policy areas. Transition teams are largely an expression of values and policy focus, although I expect some of these folks will end up in the administration. publicola.com/wp-content/u...
publicola.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Congrats to Seattle road users for getting to benefit from Gordon's expertise.
Congrats to @gordonofseattle.bsky.social for being on Wilson's transition team!
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Congrats to Seattle road users for getting to benefit from Gordon's expertise.
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Congrats to @gordonofseattle.bsky.social for being on Wilson's transition team!
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Congrats to @gordonofseattle.bsky.social for being on Wilson's transition team!
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Today the Market Front is thriving with street food and seating. This idea could be transferred 100’ to activate Pike Place
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today the Market Front is thriving with street food and seating. This idea could be transferred 100’ to activate Pike Place
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Mark your calendar for our last Comp Plan Happy Hour of the year!
Join us and @seattleyimby.bsky.social at Perihelion Brewery on December 10th for an “open mic” storytelling session, letter writing, and an update on the final comp plan vote.
futurewise.salsalabs.org/DecemberCCCH...
Join us and @seattleyimby.bsky.social at Perihelion Brewery on December 10th for an “open mic” storytelling session, letter writing, and an update on the final comp plan vote.
futurewise.salsalabs.org/DecemberCCCH...
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Mark your calendar for our last Comp Plan Happy Hour of the year!
Join us and @seattleyimby.bsky.social at Perihelion Brewery on December 10th for an “open mic” storytelling session, letter writing, and an update on the final comp plan vote.
futurewise.salsalabs.org/DecemberCCCH...
Join us and @seattleyimby.bsky.social at Perihelion Brewery on December 10th for an “open mic” storytelling session, letter writing, and an update on the final comp plan vote.
futurewise.salsalabs.org/DecemberCCCH...
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What I do know is that the state moved much more quickly to implement an emergency repair here than they did to make changes after multiple people were killed while walking on State Route 7 in Pierce County.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What I do know is that the state moved much more quickly to implement an emergency repair here than they did to make changes after multiple people were killed while walking on State Route 7 in Pierce County.
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BEFORE & AFTER: Chicanes, seating, greenery, and (…don’t forget…!) parking removal really improved Cheshire Street in Shoreditch.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
BEFORE & AFTER: Chicanes, seating, greenery, and (…don’t forget…!) parking removal really improved Cheshire Street in Shoreditch.
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We will do a 2,500 page environmental review on a new highway that we know will lead to more traffic, and then rule out a bus lane with analysis that is done on the back of a napkin.
Idk what stage this is at, but it was eye opening when we prodded about the Route 8 study (which SDOT took as fact) but it just counted cars in 2 lanes then multiplied delay by two for adding a bus lane. No factoring in of mode shift, alternate routes, etc. I'd imagine that's what WSDOT is doing too
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We will do a 2,500 page environmental review on a new highway that we know will lead to more traffic, and then rule out a bus lane with analysis that is done on the back of a napkin.
@linforseattle.bsky.social, worth getting up to speed if you haven't already: www.seattle.gov/documents/De...
I asked some questions abt the stakeholdering, as I couldn't attend all the public sessions. I think they did separate sessions at senior housing sites, but not super clear.
I asked some questions abt the stakeholdering, as I couldn't attend all the public sessions. I think they did separate sessions at senior housing sites, but not super clear.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
@linforseattle.bsky.social, worth getting up to speed if you haven't already: www.seattle.gov/documents/De...
I asked some questions abt the stakeholdering, as I couldn't attend all the public sessions. I think they did separate sessions at senior housing sites, but not super clear.
I asked some questions abt the stakeholdering, as I couldn't attend all the public sessions. I think they did separate sessions at senior housing sites, but not super clear.
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Also NONE of this will work (or is working) for transit riders traveling north bound on Rainier without dedicated bus-only lanes south of Massachusetts. In these designs, and in the current situation, the bus gets stuck behind cars queuing in the right lane to get on I-90.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Also NONE of this will work (or is working) for transit riders traveling north bound on Rainier without dedicated bus-only lanes south of Massachusetts. In these designs, and in the current situation, the bus gets stuck behind cars queuing in the right lane to get on I-90.
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Why are we assuming that we want to maintain car volumes? To meet our climate, public health and road safety goals as a city, there is no reason any on or off ramp in #Seattle should require multiple lanes. #Rainier
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
Judkins Park Community Advisory Group Meeting 4
YouTube video by wsdot
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Why are we assuming that we want to maintain car volumes? To meet our climate, public health and road safety goals as a city, there is no reason any on or off ramp in #Seattle should require multiple lanes. #Rainier
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
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Next question is from @jzimbabwe.bsky.social: what can we do to get this built faster.
In a fairly telling moment, the ST team tried to get Kirk to answer that, and then gave kind of a non-answer.
In a fairly telling moment, the ST team tried to get Kirk to answer that, and then gave kind of a non-answer.
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Next question is from @jzimbabwe.bsky.social: what can we do to get this built faster.
In a fairly telling moment, the ST team tried to get Kirk to answer that, and then gave kind of a non-answer.
In a fairly telling moment, the ST team tried to get Kirk to answer that, and then gave kind of a non-answer.
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Just before 6pm tonight, Seattle Fire responded to a driver hitting someone walking at 20th Ave NW and NW Market Street in Ballard.
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital (by walking to Swedish Ballard).
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital (by walking to Swedish Ballard).
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Just before 6pm tonight, Seattle Fire responded to a driver hitting someone walking at 20th Ave NW and NW Market Street in Ballard.
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital (by walking to Swedish Ballard).
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital (by walking to Swedish Ballard).
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Just before 7:30pm tonight, Seattle Fire responded to a driver hitting someone walking at Rainier Ave S and S Rose Street in Dunlap.
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital.
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Just before 7:30pm tonight, Seattle Fire responded to a driver hitting someone walking at Rainier Ave S and S Rose Street in Dunlap.
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital.
The person who was hit was transported to the hospital.
@davyjoneslr.bsky.social @soundofhockey.com can you get word to Coach Lambert about letting Larsson shoot penalties? What do we have to lose?
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@davyjoneslr.bsky.social @soundofhockey.com can you get word to Coach Lambert about letting Larsson shoot penalties? What do we have to lose?
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No. This was by no means an "official response" about gun violence. It was simply a request for folks to take the survey in hopes of accurate data reaching SPD. If you'd like to learn more about the ways we've been working in community to support public safety, feel free to email me. - Chris
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No. This was by no means an "official response" about gun violence. It was simply a request for folks to take the survey in hopes of accurate data reaching SPD. If you'd like to learn more about the ways we've been working in community to support public safety, feel free to email me. - Chris
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Noteworthy, because in 2009 this was specifically not the process, with an independent body created to produce a list of names - because it's a bit unusual for an Executive to create a list of candidates to fill their own vacant council seat.
King County Executive-elect Zahilay says he intends to submit 3 nominees for his open council seat that will act as caretakers and not run for the seat next year. He says the appointment should take place by 12/9.
(He's being sworn in as Executive tomorrow.)
(He's being sworn in as Executive tomorrow.)
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Noteworthy, because in 2009 this was specifically not the process, with an independent body created to produce a list of names - because it's a bit unusual for an Executive to create a list of candidates to fill their own vacant council seat.
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How's that 30 by 30 goal going, guys?
(30 by 30: A police department goal of having a recruit class that's 30 percent women by 2030)
(30 by 30: A police department goal of having a recruit class that's 30 percent women by 2030)
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How's that 30 by 30 goal going, guys?
(30 by 30: A police department goal of having a recruit class that's 30 percent women by 2030)
(30 by 30: A police department goal of having a recruit class that's 30 percent women by 2030)