Qagggy!
@qagggy.bsky.social
📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
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· May 19
Governor Signs Washington’s First-in-the-Nation Shared Streets Law - The Urbanist
# Cities in Washington will have the legal authority to create shared streets, which feature much lower speed limits and put pedestrians first, under Senate Bill 5595. Governor Bob Ferguson signed the...
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I wrote about the new Shared Streets Law.
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
I remember these two transpo nerds. I wonder what they’re up to these days.
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I remember these two transpo nerds. I wonder what they’re up to these days.
I don't know what to say about dual endorsers. I hope they stick around and support Katie when times get tough. I endorsed her 20 days ~before~ she announced, without caring who she might run against, just knowing she would be a great mayor and the right person for this time in Seattle's history.
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I don't know what to say about dual endorsers. I hope they stick around and support Katie when times get tough. I endorsed her 20 days ~before~ she announced, without caring who she might run against, just knowing she would be a great mayor and the right person for this time in Seattle's history.
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ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
Hot take: We have some great, reasonably progressive folks on the Port Commission but it's not good that they run unopposed.
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hot take: We have some great, reasonably progressive folks on the Port Commission but it's not good that they run unopposed.
I am on Team Food Safety but the argument that mobile vendors are bad for restaurants makes no sense. An activated street (or park) with a variety of food options attracts more people. We should make it easy.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am on Team Food Safety but the argument that mobile vendors are bad for restaurants makes no sense. An activated street (or park) with a variety of food options attracts more people. We should make it easy.
When I arrive at the KEXP Gathering Space, I like to pretend they're playing my walk-on music (today it's The Ace of Spades by Motörhead).
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
When I arrive at the KEXP Gathering Space, I like to pretend they're playing my walk-on music (today it's The Ace of Spades by Motörhead).
When I get back to London, I don’t know where I’m going first: Nando’s or my local.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
When I get back to London, I don’t know where I’m going first: Nando’s or my local.
London proves progressive cities work.
London proves progressive cities work. No wonder some politicians hate that, writes Sadiq Khan | LBC
We must stand up and defend our liberal, progressive, caring capital
www.lbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
London proves progressive cities work.
I would enjoy Sandeep more if he argued in good faith. That thing where he goes, “well…you know…listen” and then spouts some imaginary fact pattern consisting of one rejectable premise after another, can be exhausting.
Seattle Nice: Did Katie Wilson Win or Did Bruce Harrell Lose?
And am I a hypocrite for not obsessing over Wilson's lack of experience?
publicola.com/2025/11/17/s...
And am I a hypocrite for not obsessing over Wilson's lack of experience?
publicola.com/2025/11/17/s...
Seattle Nice: Did Katie Wilson Win or Did Bruce Harrell Lose? - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Our latest podcast episode (subscribe and get a new one every week!) focuses on the mayor’s…
publicola.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I would enjoy Sandeep more if he argued in good faith. That thing where he goes, “well…you know…listen” and then spouts some imaginary fact pattern consisting of one rejectable premise after another, can be exhausting.
If you need me, I am hate-reading the Washington Post.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you need me, I am hate-reading the Washington Post.
When your regular streets get so good they are better than your school streets.
Ultimately, some school streets were folded into Barcelona's Superblock 1.0 and Superblock 2.0 programs. By the end of 2023, this street with the yellow paint was fully transformed. The first photo is "before." The second and third are "after." This is the exact same street and block.
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When your regular streets get so good they are better than your school streets.
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 2:09 AM
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?
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The transfer of budget dollars from blue collar workers (bus drivers), who directly provide a service, to white collar professionals (transit safety czars), who narrate slide decks at council meetings, is a problem that needs to be reversed.
The council is set to raid the transit funding again tomorrow to pay for Rob Saka's transit safety czar proposal.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The transfer of budget dollars from blue collar workers (bus drivers), who directly provide a service, to white collar professionals (transit safety czars), who narrate slide decks at council meetings, is a problem that needs to be reversed.
How deep is the stuff under London?
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
How deep is the stuff under London?
💯👍👏 Also...let's be ready to support our left urbanist electeds when they—inevitably—fall short of our expectations. We won't get a win every time and we all have to navigate the realities of state law, limited resources, powerful opposition, bureaucratic inertia, geometry, thermodynamics...
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 11:21 PM
💯👍👏 Also...let's be ready to support our left urbanist electeds when they—inevitably—fall short of our expectations. We won't get a win every time and we all have to navigate the realities of state law, limited resources, powerful opposition, bureaucratic inertia, geometry, thermodynamics...
How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York’s streets
How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York's streets
The mayor-elect has articulated a vision for reshaping the city streets. Janette Sadik-Khan, the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg Administratio...
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York’s streets
I am pretty excited for the Camden High Line, an elevated pedestrian route from Camden Town to King's Cross in London, designed by James Corner (the NYC High Line and Seattle Overlook Walk guy). It has planning permission and construction begins soon.
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I am pretty excited for the Camden High Line, an elevated pedestrian route from Camden Town to King's Cross in London, designed by James Corner (the NYC High Line and Seattle Overlook Walk guy). It has planning permission and construction begins soon.
I have a few advocacy projects for next year but a big one is to improve Seattle's School Streets program. Currently, a "school street" in Seattle generally looks like this.
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have a few advocacy projects for next year but a big one is to improve Seattle's School Streets program. Currently, a "school street" in Seattle generally looks like this.
New York City is doing great work fudging shared streets, even though they lack a Shared Streets Law. Pedestrians do not have right of way in the roadway but the combination of congestion pricing traffic reductions and the omnipresence of pedestrians creates a close simulation.
E43rd Shared Street in Manhattan
🅿️ lane
🚗 🚴♂️ travel lane
🪑 plaza lane
special signage: 5MPH
cc @qagggy.bsky.social
🅿️ lane
🚗 🚴♂️ travel lane
🪑 plaza lane
special signage: 5MPH
cc @qagggy.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New York City is doing great work fudging shared streets, even though they lack a Shared Streets Law. Pedestrians do not have right of way in the roadway but the combination of congestion pricing traffic reductions and the omnipresence of pedestrians creates a close simulation.
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Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
Is One Bus Away broken?
November 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Is One Bus Away broken?
The evolution of Seattle’s painted scooter corrals.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The evolution of Seattle’s painted scooter corrals.
There's no room. If more people moved to the points, where would they park their private float planes?
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There's no room. If more people moved to the points, where would they park their private float planes?