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Gordon Padelford

@gordonofseattle.bsky.social
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I share about walking, biking, great cities, & progressive politics. I work for @streetsalliance.bsky.social (Seattle's walking, biking, and streets for people nonprofit), but these are my personal opinions.

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kelabe.bsky.social @kelabe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Beautiful bike ride in Beacon Hill tonight
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 17h
Our latest endorsement from Nondriver Action. Follow us over on Instagram for the latest.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h
Holy shit.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our built infrastructure robs kids of their freedom of independent mobility. Streets are dominated by oversized vehicles, piloted by aggressive and distracted drivers where one mistake can turn lethal. We sacrificed child development to subsidize the auto industry.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 05/10/2026
Colorado ranchers describe how their land is drying up. There is no food. It is very frightening.
Kathryn Bedell and Deirdre Macnab
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America’s depressing school 🚗 pickup line habit found its way into this picture book we came across at the library today 😞 There is a better way! 🚶🏼‍♂️🚴🏾‍♀️🚌
This is school pick up line of cars in kids book
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 04/10/2026
Moxie Monday is coming back. A group ride “for folks who are femme, trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and/or women.”
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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Spot of drive-by ornithology from the cargo bike
Two kids in the box of a triporteur / bakfiet / ladcyklen / cargo bike. In the woods. They've got a field guide to birds open at the page with jays
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📰 Bellevue's downtown is struggling. Here's why that's Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's fault
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📸1: Nice little bike lean rail in Bel Red! This district is such a blank slate both in terms of the land use and streets — it has huge potential. 📸2: this new development that has a protected bike lane with a rolled curb to the sidekwalk, nice design. Although the rest of the street is massive
Bike lean railRolled curb PBL
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Executive Girmay Zahilay @girmayzahilay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Could you go a week without driving? This Week Without Driving, we’re challenging you to leave the car at home and explore the many ways to get around our community.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Most of my customers drive and complain about how hard it is to find parking" Turns out, nope!
Slide showing that 66% of people walk bike or use transit to get to the JunctionSlide showing that 61% of people walk bike or use transit to get to Upper Queen Anne
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Heading to the Graham Block Party today, thinking about how we're almost at the 10th anniversary of the death of Ronacin Tjhung at MLK and Graham. Are we any closer to creating an MLK that is safe to bike on? No, we are not. www.seattlebikeblog.com/2017/01/24/d...
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Dad killed while biking to 2nd job, leaves 5 kids orphaned in Philippines
Ronacin Tjhung was working more than 60 hours a week at two jobs to send money back to support his five children in the Philippines. Those children, between 9 and 16, lost their mother in the terri…
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 03/10/2026
Elections mean things, the Mayor of Seattle and King County Executive are at the Graham Street block party saying we want to keep building transit things. What a change from the first block party last year.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Come swing by and grab some $6 bites on The Ave today!
People in pedestrianized street
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I helped the Judkins Park neighborhood write a grant to install these 🚌 real time arrival signs — annoying we seem to have given up on them
Refer to schedule message
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jaz @jazzyspraxis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 9th, 2017. My cousin D’maine Dugar was killed at 29 in a hit and run walking to work in Kent.
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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 02/10/2026
We're working with South Park for cleaner air and easier ways to reach parks, schools, and businesses. Join us on 10/6, anytime between 5-8 PM, at South Park Community Center (8319 8th Ave S). Help design better ways to walk, roll, and take transit. Free food included!
A flyer for the event. Text: Low pollution neighborhood, South Park. Open house on October 6. An illustration shows a person biking toward a school.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New buildings in Seattle are required to have indoor bike parking, but this would be great to see in parts of tbt city with older multi-family buildings
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎃
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 02/10/2026
November 15, 2002 on Old Gravois Road in the St Louis suburbs. My childhood friend Ryan Devine died in a crash alongside Greg Formhals. We were juniors in high school.
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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My brother was hit by a car while he was out on a walk in May of this year. Thankfully it was at a low speed, but he is still dealing with all of the physical (and financial!!!!) effects, and likely will be for a long time. This is a very real fear for many of us.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It may be fall, but the 2nd Ave bike lane is still in bloom! 🌻🌺🚲🛴 #BikesAndBlooms #BloomScrolling
Bike lane and blooms Bike lane and bloomBike lane and blooms Bike lane and blooms
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Stop by the Queen Anne Farmers Market today to talk with @transportation.seattle.gov about your vision for Crockett Plaza and the McClure School Street! www.crockettplaza.org @qagggy.bsky.social has been leading the advocacy on this — get involved at streetsalliance.org/volunteer
SDOT listening Board with map and process Mood board
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are shots fired increasing? No we're just displaying years backwards on charts now? Violent crime may be down, but graph crimes are here to stay I guess.
graph crime
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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026
Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets
The ancient two-panel Drake meme. On the top, he's looking away in disgust and holding his hand up. The text next to it says "Truck-or-treat". On the bottom, he looks pleased and is pointing toward text that says "Close your street".
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new security report from King County Metro shows that reported security incidents on buses are now less common than they were PRE-PANDEMIC, even after adjusting for somewhat lower bus ridership. In 2019, Metro saw 64 incidents per million boardings. In 2026 that number has dropped below 60.
Chart showing Coordinator Service Records per million boardings starting at 64 on all routes in 2019The same chart in 2024 to 2026 showing the line dropping to less than 60
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kelabe.bsky.social @kelabe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October 19th 2013. My older cousin was killed in a rollover accident on 23rd just south of Jackson.
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rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By my early twenties I knew 7 people who had died in separate vehicle accidents. Carlos (on foot, no sidewalk) Shauna (helped someone in an accident; got hit on foot) Jon (sister flipped car) Robbie (lost control on tight curves) JJ (ice) Patrick (driver driver cross the line) Ben (ice)
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Wes Andrews @andrews-dot-energy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know several people who have died due to cars and others grievously injured. The fact that our leaders don't move immediately to stop the next crash is morally baffling.
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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By the time I finished high school, I knew 13. Half were athletes in a single bus crash, all others involved impaired driving. Add one fairly recent death of a colleague and 3 pals who survived incidents with traumatic injuries (one driver, one pedestrian, one cyclist).
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s remarkable how many people can move on a street when those people don’t feel the need to always take a massive car with them. Mobility in cities is about space.
Busy European street with buses filled with people in a long line of people on bikes, waiting for the light to change in a separated, protected bike lane. Imagine if all those people or each in a separate car.
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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hard to say what is scarier, this kinda shit or maybe having to park 1/2 a block further from your house than you want to.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy Pinehurst Station opening day! So much positive energy and enthusiasm for transit. Congrats to all the electeds, advocates, and agency staff who got us to today! Come say hi to the Lake City Streets Alliance volunteers who are tabling
Trains Full bike parking Crowds Crowds
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Electrek @electrek.co · 30/09/2026
E-bikes are giving teenagers something we thought they’d lost
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E-bikes are giving teenagers something we thought they’d lost
If you’ve spent any time reading local neighborhood social media groups lately – and for your mental health, I hope you haven’t – you’ve probably encountered a familiar complaint: teenagers on e-bikes. more…
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Disappointing the @seattletimes.com platformed conservative car-advocate Washington Policy Center again today: "express buses should be improved instead [of more Link stations]," without mentioning that they do not in fact support more bus service. They were on the record about this last week.
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Seattle’s newest light rail station opens. We talked to its first-ever commuter
Sound Transit's newest light rail stop provides a new way for North Seattle residents to miss Interstate 5 traffic.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A little bit of whimsy along a curbside bike lane in London. I love these tulips!
green plastic bike lane post with purple plastic tulip on top.Row of bike lane posts with red and pink and orange plastic tulips on top.Cyclist in curbside bike lane on city street.
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Josh Holland @joshholland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seattle’s last new Link station until 2031 is open! 🚈 Pinehurst Station shows we can build stations without parking garages. Let the last-mile connection happen by foot, bike, roll, or bus. Next up: upzone the area for more housing, businesses, and neighbors. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Seattle opens its newest light rail station
Sound Transit's newest light rail stop provides a new way for North Seattle residents to miss Interstate 5 traffic.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I guess we have to hand it to the car advocates if they can get the city to admit that 20 foot fire lanes are a want not a need of SFD
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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I realized some of you might not be aware it is possible to preorder a plush King County Metro style bus Don't worry I am here to help merch.fixthel8.com/us/all-products/plush-bus
Photo from the website that has a cute plush "eight" bus with eyes and everything, KC Metro stile with green and yellow, lovingly placed on a sidewalk curb in front of an actual 8 bus. It is the most adorable thing you've ever seen and you definitely need to buy one
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Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And with that the ribbon is officially cut on Pinehurst.
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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
PRELIM Earthquake: Magnitude 4.3, 18.9 km SSW from Bremerton, WA at 2026/09/29 14:05 PDT Learn more: pnsn.org/event/714111952 Did You Feel It? Submit a report: zpr.io/UA6upKKXB4C3
Map with a star marker for the magnitude 4.267 earthquake located 18.9 km SSW from Bremerton, WA
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"It increases the city's Commercial Parking Tax rate from 14.5% to 17%, a move that brings in nearly $10 million per year" Helpful, but we still need to fix two massive loop holes at the state level: 1) Stadium loophole 2) U Village loophole
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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pinehurst Station opens TOMORROW! 🚈🎉 So how do you get there without driving? New sidewalks, protected bike lanes, greenways, and safer crossings are connecting neighborhoods to Link, with even more on the way. View @transportation.seattle.gov full guide ⬇️ sdotblog.seattle.gov/2026/09/25/g...
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How to get to the new Pinehurst light rail station in north Seattle - SDOT Blog
Walking, biking, or taking transit to the new Pinehurst Station? Find tips on parking, bus routes, and sidewalk connections in north Seattle.
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Warning: Hot Mike! @modernminstrel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The very fact that cities are possible, and that diverse cities are possible, that people can live together, be curious about each other, be interested, realize that our lives are enriched precisely because of our differences, is the antithesis of fascism,” Klein said.
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattleites are most concerned about traffic safety because we all experience it regularly: narrowly missing getting hit while walking in a crosswalk, seeing people using center turn lanes as their personal speedway, etc. Most people also know someone who has died or been seriously injured:
Info graphic showing most people will know 6 people who die in a car crash and 28 who have major injuries
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you to these King County Councilmembers who voted to treat Seattle the same as other incorporated cities. It has made a difference: bsky.app/profile/type...
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm at Seattle city hall where SDOT is giving the council a deep dive on its proposed 2027-2028 budget. At a high level: the department is making big reductions to respond to a major projected deficit in the transportation fund. Without changes, SDOT would be looking at a $113M deficit by 2028.
Chart showing a major deficit in the transportation fund by 2028
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 28/09/2026
SDOT finishes design on 1st Ave NE trail connecting Pinehurst Station and James Baldwin Elementary #SEAbikes #Seattle
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SDOT finishes design on 1st Ave NE trail connecting Pinehurst Station and James Baldwin Elementary
From the project webpage. Like many streets in the north and south ends of Seattle, 1st Ave NE does not have continuous sidewalks. Though it won't be ready before the opening of Pinehurst Station in two days (September 30), SDOT has finished design on a new 12-foot-wide biking and walking trail between NE 130th Street and James Baldwin Elementary School at NE 120th Street. City Light will be moving utility poles soon, then construction on the trail will begin in early 2027. The path should be open in late summer or fall 2027.
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