Blake Trask

It's insane that the campaign against El-Sayed is basically that he has some secret relationship with the people that the president's family has a secret relationship with.

What if we stopped waiting for perfect plans? Vancouver BC's tactical urbanism projects illustrate what's possible: paint and planter parklets on streets near busy business districts, and in-lane bus stops built from off-the-shelf materials. Fast, low-cost, and improving life for everyone. 🌳🚲🚎🚶🏽‍♀️🐕‍🦺

This conversation in the LD46 race since the primary has avoided voters' actual concerns. Thanks to @metropolitanglide.bsky.social for the thorough reporting and fact-check. If you care about building more housing & inclusive transpo solutions, vote @willdreher.bsky.social

The City of Seattle is shutting down a cafe’s outdoor deck because the code says any outdoor dining must be 50’ away from a residential property due to noise concerns Funny, we shove all housing growth on the loudest roads our city has. I guess that noise is fine?

Volunteer Park Cafe is great and these neighbors completely suck complaining about this But hey, I want city staff to lean into this noise thing. What is the decibels per ft that they want to achieve? Then apply it to their upzones

Chicago's Jewelers Row. 8:30 AM on a sunny Saturday. People gather underneath the soft rumble of the elevated trains, attracted by a prosperous coffeehouse. We don't always need to fear elevated transit.

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

BREAKING 📣 For several days, a peaceful protest took place in the morning, after a young child was killed by a car driver. The child was riding his bike to school, the father with him. The grieving community came together with hundreds of people, cyclist or not, creating a 3km long human bike lane.

“These are images 🇺🇸 servicembers want you to see…” ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases

The east side likely wouldn't have light rail if it wasn't for Claudia Balducci.

We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: https://gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)

Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!

It’s time for the Seattle Parks Department to move into the 21st Century: build and preserve places for people, not cars.

Exploring Granville Street Pedestrian Zone today with Downtown Van showing us the big success and the problem points and learnings they’ve had along the way!

A masterclass in how to conduct an interview in an era when vibes matter more than information

Great movie. The 20 year long journey home reminds me of navigating our SEPA process. We’re approaching that for Fort Lawton and Missing Link. media1.tenor.com/m/_AzWdWsoOB...

Counterpoint: www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr...

Environmental review at the urban level has become a farce.

So many single points of failure

SEPA when you want to grow by one million people in a sustainable and compact way:

“We do a Watergate twice a day” is a crazy way to confess your own corruption…

Heidi Simon: “We know what works. We don’t need more studies. We need the will to get done what needs to get done – and that means changing the roads.” Beth Osborne, Heidi Simon, Joe Martinez and Nichole Rogers walk us through Dangerous by Design 2026, by @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social (link below).

This budget request is moving forward, but Claudia Balducci and Jorge Barón did put secure funding for a report asking for Zahilay's full RTO strategy. That amendment followed a failed attempt to put a hold on the funds to reopen the Admin Building until that report was delivered.

Rerouting and reclaiming SR 99 through South Park would result in an 86% reduction in Pollution Generating Impervious Surfaces, per this report. It really seems like that would help Southern Resident Killer Whales more than keeping housing banned.

We build vehicles that weigh 9000 pounds with 1000HP, can go 0-60mph in 3 seconds and market them recklessly. We then ask people to wear construction vests to cross the street. This is all so beyond absurd and it's truly incredible that we've normalized this.

live feed of Trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfk...

In total transit ridership per capita, the highest ranked large urban areas are: 1—NYC 2—SF 3—DC 4—Boston 5—Seattle 6—Chicago 7—Philly 8—LA 9—Portland 10—Salt Lake www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...

You know some folks said hardly anyone would ride this line … It is beyond gratifying to see so many people get use out of it so quickly. 🚊☀️🎉 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Million-dollar car storage condos in Seattle suggest all capital isn’t fleeing Washington state. www.seattletimes.com/business/whe...

Wait, so there are multiple single points of failure?

Sound Transit’s $34.5B funding gap and delayed lines are a sobering reminder: the richest nation on earth has a systemic capital project delivery crisis. If we want a sustainable, mobile future, we absolutely must solve our project costs and controls problem. www.king5.com/article/news...

Sound Transit Sacrifices Light Rail to Ballard, Moves Long-Deferred Graham Station Forward, in Latest "Realignment" Claudia Balducci, the longest-serving board member, told PubliCola the latest crisis has made her rethink the transit agency's governance by a changing roster of elected officials.

Studying up for tomorrow’s big @sound-transit.bsky.social vote and trying to stay positive by soaking in the atmosphere at the Spring District, our biggest TOD success story. Feel free to drop thoughts in the comments. Or show up and join the fun. It’s a beautiful evening for reading amendments.

Good news for cash-strapped cities hesitant to upzone: "Building homes near existing jobs, stores, and transit saves public dollars, in both up-front infrastucture and ongoing maintenance, and produces more property taxes per acre than local gov'ts can expect from development at the edge of town."

Work is underway to perform the first-ever station platform extensions on #SkyTrain's Canada Line. Broadway-City Hall Station will see longer platforms for more room, before the station turns into a transfer hub with the Broadway Subway. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ca...

Exciting news!

Abigail Murray and Bashir Tofangsazi: “Our results indicate tickets are not associated with locations of high-fatality intersections when taking race into effect, indicating safety was not a motivating factor in jaywalking enforcement.”

i feel bad for our country but this is tremendous content

historic rejection of JD Vance