Reposted by Chris IversonIt's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit. 472105848
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 09/01/2026I still remain so immensely angry and befuddled how anyone could have voted for him. 040
Reposted by Chris IversonShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 31/12/2025RIP 2025 2025-2025 1165955991
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 03/10/2025Unleased FTC, Teddy Roosevelt-style trust busting of big tech in the early 2010s before they got too big and powerful and influential and toxic 020
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 19/08/2025this this this this this you have NO idea how many engineers I've worked with and talked to that follow the 85th percentile approach as if it was scripture. 010
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 13/08/2025Just for perspective: the well-used Route 550 between Seattle and Bellevue saw just under 132,000 riders in July. The 2 Line saw over 300,000 riders --- more than double the 550 going between the state's largest two CBDs. If you build it (even between smaller hubs), they will come! 030
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 07/08/2025In terms of the cost of maintaining roadway surfaces, a weight-based taxation would be the most equitable and fair. The heavier your vehicle, the more damage it does to pavement. It's just physics. Weight-based taxation would also be suuuper easy to implement in the US (with the correct politics). 020
Reposted by Chris IversonPedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Traffic engineers: You can't put fixed objects next to a street, drivers might get injured if they leave the roadway and hit them. Also traffic engineers: Enjoy your new bike path! We need a major revision of urban-related civil engineering, from education to implementation, in the US. 1127344
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 10/07/2025the faster cities move away from using LOS as a primary measuring tool for transportation, the faster we begin to see truly walkable & livable communities. 030
Reposted by Chris IversonSenator John Hickenlooper @hickenlooper.senate.gov · 30/06/2025REMINDER: There are ways to write bills that actually REDUCE our deficit. Our Inflation Reduction Act reduced the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars while creating jobs across the country. This Big Ugly Bill has scam written all over it. 501571315
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 25/06/2025I AM CLUTCHING MY PEARLS SO HARD THAT RAISING A SMALL HUMAN COULD BE EVEN A SMIDGE EASIER AND MORE AFFORDABLE 030
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 24/06/2025Maintaining public lands and creating sustainable transportation policy are my 1-and-2, and they go together surprisingly well. 020
Reposted by Chris IversonLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The budget bill currently in the Senate would put 258 million acres of public land up for sale, including recreation areas, wilderness study areas, critical wildlife habitat and more. www.wilderness.org/articles/med...wilderness.org250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR billThe bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild... 47447275
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 10/06/2025I mean yes, but also Aberdeen, part of Bellingham, and half of Everett are in the interface zone. It's a fact of historic development in WA State that cities generally abut nature, for (mostly) better or worse. 000
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 07/06/2025yeah, it's called Facebook tapping into the darkest qualities of the human condition 020
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 07/06/2025ALERT: Seattle finally starting to be an actual city 050
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 28/05/2025THIS is the importance of parking reform in a nutshell. Parking mandates are based on pseudoscience and have literally paved over our cities. Removing parking requirements does NOT remove parking. Rather, it lets builders determine how much they need for their project. It opens opportunity. 0131
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 28/05/2025"Dana Christiansen... is on the board of the Washington Childcare Centers Association, and she found this property that seemed suitable. She made an offer and purchased this property. They could only find room for 29 parking spaces... she needed 32 parking spaces. They walked away from the site." 1303
Reposted by Chris IversonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/05/2025Today on Volts: parking is the "dark matter" of land use, invisibly making everything worse, but most municipalities continue to mandate minimum levels of it. WA state just passed some awesome parking reform & I dig into it with @citizen-cate.bsky.social & Alan Durning of @sightline.org.volts.wtfParking reform in Washington, parking reform everywhere!Washington's bold new parking reform bill will make housing more abundant and inspire other states, explain Sightline's Catie Gould and Alan Durning. 1430871
Reposted by Chris IversonSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 20/05/2025Congratulations to Bremerton! Opposition to parking reform is a mile wide but an inch deep. 2454
Reposted by Chris IversonThe Needling @theneedling.com · 13/05/2025Redmond Finally Relevant Enough to Be In Needling Headline: tinyurl.com/2cpkf9nf 829536
Reposted by Chris IversonThe Needling @theneedling.com · 06/05/2025Seattle City Council Begins Ethics Code Meeting with Brand Acknowledgement: tinyurl.com/3j392wxx 9411106
Reposted by Chris IversonNPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.npr.orgMost Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll findsMost Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds. 677118163624
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 01/05/2025Everyone should read or listen to the new book "Careless People" to understand just how psychopathic and non-human Mark is. Any human decency that could exist just doesn't, and he's gotten more power hungry over time. 010
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 22/04/2025Don't really have the disposable income to afford a Model X anyways, but sure, happy to help 010
Reposted by Chris IversonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture. 232149582020
Reposted by Chris IversonRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The Bellevue City Council just unanimously voted to appoint Vishal Bhargava to fill a council vacancy that will open up when John Stokes resigns in early May. Bhargava is currently a member of the Bellevue Planning Commission and a Director of Product Manager at Amazon. 2297
Reposted by Chris IversonThe Needling @theneedling.com · 14/04/2025Mother Earth Fired for Being DEI Planet: tinyurl.com/6uamjf45 321755269
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 09/04/2025Anyone who thinks this isn't market manipulation is totally lost. Anyone who thinks this isn't criminal activity is totally lost. This is what happens when your relationship with your government is a toxic, narcissistic one. 082
Reposted by Chris IversonJeva Lange 🫎 @jeva.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx 289233124875
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 08/04/2025Friendly reminder that states can lead on transportation issues without federal dollars. It's just a matter of priorities. Case and point: Colorado. The Bustang system has been enormously successful. Last year the state passed bills that raise $170 million annually for buses, trains, and transit. 020
Reposted by Chris IversonDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Kudos to Colorado. I hope other states are taking notes. www.cpr.org/2025/04/01/c... 11068
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 26/03/2025That isn't to say there weren't problems before, because there definitely were. But this must be the fastest moving self-own for an "advanced" country in modern history 010
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 26/03/2025It's actually crazy to think that our entire government apparatus - staffing, social security, military decision making - was running decently well just 3 months ago. THREE MONTHS. 130
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 19/03/2025The director of the Parks Department clarified that during burn bans, Cybertruck fires are only permitted within a contained site. 030
Reposted by Chris IversonNick Deshais @nickdeshais.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Inbox: Lime gives 1 million rides in Seattle so far this year. 063
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 11/03/2025Sometimes I genuinely wonder if MAGA types generally felt the way that many of us feel now during the Biden era. 010
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 01/03/2025I’ve been embarrassed to be an American before, but only mostly in the innocuous ways we built our cities. This is different. I’ve never felt ashamed to be American like this. 040
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 21/02/2025This is a very positive step forward to build more affordable housing in WA State. 0101
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 19/02/2025It’s my GOD GIVEN RIGHT to be stuck in traffic FOR FREE 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚙🚙🚙💨💨💨 020
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 18/02/2025Harrell is supported by city attorney Davison, who claims that sleeping in peaceful wilderness is actually a public safety hazard. “Needles have been found near campsites, and even though they were just larches, we aren’t taking any chances,” said Harrell during his press conference on Prusik Peak. 1165
Chris Iverson @iversonmobility.com · 17/02/2025Just cancelled my Delta credit card that I’ve had for almost a decade. I literally told them that if Amex and Delta could have lobbied the government to prevent cuts to FAA positions and ensure transport security, I probably would have kept it. Bad safety = bad for business 030