Meredith Hall

Meredith Hall

@yardtotable.bsky.social

landscape architect, bike bell ringer, dilettante urban farmer & public school parent in South Park Seattle 🚲🌻

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1) The Alaskan Way PBL is amazing! I may have just been dodging the closure signs and using it for a few weeks now - so happy it’s now official! 2) !$@&@!!!! the ill-timed closure of the Thomas Street Bridge makes the north end irritating for the next seven weeks…. 3) OMG SDOT IS FINALLY ON BLUESKY

Seattle Department of Transportation@transportation.seattle.gov

Good news: the new Alaskan Way protected bike lanes opened for travelers today. Project info: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

One minute tour of the Alaskan Way protected bike infrastructure! My spouse took me home Thursday in the box bike (so cramped!) and I took the opportunity to document the trip. Can’t wait to redo this from Myrtle Edwards to the West Seattle Bridge and beyond! 😍

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Elliott Bay Connections Project is taking away this quality functional pedestrian connection to the waterfront (Thomas Street Bridge) for SEVEN weeks in the middle of the summer. Who asked for this? Thanks billionaires. 😒

Proud of my South Park neighbors for showing up to support our community! About 150 of us stood on the bridge to declare YES TO IMMIGRANTS and #nokings. (Lots of happy honks far outnumbering the few d*ckheads.) Meanwhile 70k marched downtown 🤩

Can anyone explain to me why this last block of the northern end of the Duwamish Trail/West Marginal PBL isn’t also protected bike lane? What, they get like three parking spots? Move the damn (illegal?) ecoblocks three more feet and slap on some paint, amiright?

The Georgetown to Downtown PBLs are essentially open and go from the Airport Way bridge over the railroad tracks to the south end of the SoDo trail. see map here: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

seattle.govGeorgetown to Downtown Safety Project - Transportation | seattle.govBuilding a protected bike lane that connects Georgetown and Downtown via SODO
kitchenimp.bsky.social@kitchenimp.bsky.social

Whoa! I didn’t know those existed! Can you please tell me where I can find a map?

We rode the Georgetown to South Park trail AND the Georgetown to Downtown trail today: they were revelatory and felt perfectly safe with the 11yo! Our destination was Mello Fellos bike shop to see if she was ready for a bigger bike.

N+1! We biked back to South Park with a kid on a new 19” Jamis Sequel (yay bike sale!). I am dying to load it up with rad accessories (so many eyelets!) but she just started with the cute pdx bottle cage.

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Rest In Peace David Hernandez. David was an employee at the Sea Mar health clinic in South Park for over 30 years. Then he was run over and killed in the crosswalk next to the clinic (14th & Henderson). The second fatality at this intersection in six months. South Park deserves safe streets for all.

My neighbor Robin finally got a reply from SDOT regarding their plan for improving 14th Ave S, where two neighbors have been killed by cars in six months. Email in images from Bill LaBorde.

Meredith Hall@yardtotable.bsky.social

Another pedestrian has been killed at 14th & Henderson in South Park this morning. The last death there was just five months ago. @seattledot.bsky.social needs to work with @wsdot.wa.gov to slow people coming over 99 onto 14th NOW.

… which fails to mention the role of the freight corridor, wsdot, or king county in mediating speeds SOUTH of these crash sights. It also fails to suggest any actual road redesign. I love pedestrian leading intervals, but they do nothing to force someone going 60 off an offramp to stop in time.

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At 11pm last night, Seattle Fire responded to a driver hitting someone walking at 14th Ave S and S Henderson Street. The 60-year-old man who was hit died at the scene. This is the second pedestrian to be killed by a driver at this intersection in 6 months. spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/05/16/p...

spdblotter.seattle.govPedestrian Dies After South Park Collision - SPD BlotterA 23-year-old man driving a vehicle struck and fatally injured a 60-year-old man Thursday night in the South Park neighborhood. Officers responded to the intersection of 14th Avenue South and South He...

We have catnapped a stray fur beast and made her ours! Her name is Pistachio and glass now separates her from the songbirds. I am looking for recommendations for *actually sustainable* wet cat food: not “organic human grade ingredients” but ways to feed a carnivore lower on the food chain.

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Replying to @merrdiff.bsky.social

At the playground after, we met a family who happened to be visiting from Texas and asked about our signs - we had a good chat about how school vouchers are ruining San Antonio, and the mom shared this pic she happened to snap when they were up the space needle

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Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

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The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed. 3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened. Erasure.

My fifth grader wrote an essay in Spanish about how NASA should fund more research for comets and asteroids by more kinds of people, like BIPOC and non-binary scientists, who could have new helpful ideas. Can’t be prouder of her public school education right now.

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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

This tragedy is good reminder of the great work of @nondriver.bsky.social and others to highlight the importance of keeping our sidewalks clear, no matter the weather.

sdotblog.seattle.govWhen It Snows, Shovel It! - SDOT Blog4 days. 7 days. 3 weeks.   That’s how long it was before Bruce, Laura, and Neve could safely leave their respective homes after last year’s snowstorms. We partnered with Rooted in Rights to share thei...
Kea Wilson@keawilson.bsky.social

Humbled that the family of Shirley Howard spoke with me a week after their sister was killed by a driver while pushing a stroller in the street next to an unplowed sidewalk. There is so much more to her story than local news is putting out there, and so much more we could do to save lives. 🧵