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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 3h

Fun afternoon out, hit two months and 500 miles with the cargo bike!

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SDOT has decided that Alaska Junction, which has SIX car lanes along California Avw, two large paid surface parking lots that are rarely full, and no bike infrastructure at all, will get paid parking. I would replace street parking w/ bigger pedestrian zone, bike lane, and seating for the market.

westseattleblog.com

SDOT's recommendation is in: Paid street parking for the West Seattle Junction

(WSB photo, west side of California south of Alaska, Tuesday afternoon) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Two months after we first reported that SDOT had launched a new review of whether to ...

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think a Vespa and Surron should both be in a new category that doesn't require a license (or at least not a full driver's license with motorcycle endorsement) and has a regulatory framework that makes cities more accessible.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Been wanting to take my daughter to a library again and seeing the further reduced hours is depressing.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't know why @transportation.seattle.gov installed a bike lane here only to close it pretty much all the time for taxi parking. The past dozen times I've ridden here it's been closed. Just don't install a bike lane and don't mark it on the map of its parking the majority of the time.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Finally made the 12 mile bike ride to the zoo! She loved it. Finding a route was tough, a lot of sidewalk riding where Maps said I could ride a bike. Will definitely take a long way around back home and go via the interbay area.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As I approached an intersection in the Delridge bike lane a man in a big pickup started road raging at the two drivers in front of him obeying a "no right on red" sign and red arrow. He floored it and passed them in the oblncoming traffic lane to make the illegal right turn, cutting me off.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tapped on the passenger window of a driver parked partially in the Delridge bike lane and he got big mad. Drove up, gave the finger, stopped to let me pass, and then did vroom vroom behind me where the bike lane is closed. There was salmoning bike traffic so we really needed the full bike lane.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Excited to be heading to Tacoma tonight for the Keep Pierce Moving campaign kickoff, supporting Proposition 1! This is the year we're going to get South Sound closer to the level of transit service it deserves, I can feel it.

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 22/09/2026

Local Millionaire Investing in AI Can’t Wait to Blame Future Bankruptcy on Millionaires Tax: tinyurl.com/4kps6veu

Middle-aged man wearing short-sleeve polo and puffer vest while standing in Seattle South Lake Union.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do EV charging lots have 110v outlets for ebikes? I'm thinking about doing a ride to Lake Sammamish State Park with kid and kayak, but a little wary about pushing that range (45 mile round trip) with a super heavy load without being able to top off. They have EV charging but I can't find other info.

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Went down to LWB today. Wtf are we doing?

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I just experience road rage from a Black SUV in West Seattle plate CLC5709. Tailgated me while I was going 20mph on my cargo bike. I came to stop and the old man gave me the middle finger and passed within an inch. Reported to SPD but I'm wondering if there's a community website for tracking this.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ahead of Salmon Days Issaquah Mayor Mark Mullet is signing a proclamation changing the name of the city to Fishaquah for the weekend. @ecocityaction.org @socklessinseattle.bsky.social

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I don't know how people are against this. Either way you start work in the dark. Sign the work-through-lunch waiver and show up a little early and you'll have more than an hour of daylight after work. That's huge in a region where you go to work and leave in darkness for a big chunk of the year.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The super bright headlights on dark residential streets are a lot worse to deal with on a bike than in a car. I have a hard time seeing how close the car is passing me and I often have to just come to a complete stop. It's too blinding.

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jane c. hu @janehu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the triumvirate (2026)

a woman stands with hands on her hips after driving a red SUV up train tracks into Seattle's Mt Baker light rail station

a white sedan drives on Seattle's I-90 pedestrian trail as a woman in a green shirt walks in front of it

a black SUV stopped after driving down a flight of stairs at Seattle's Post Alley

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Cool find this weekend! A northern alligator lizard, Elgaria coerulea, sunning itself in a West Seattle park. Lizards are a very uncommon find in Seattle. When I put it down near its hiding spot it kept running back to me, climbing up, and hanging out on my leg and arm. Silly little dude!

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Steve Flack @vitaminsteve.com · 11/09/2026

that’s it, we’ve peaked. Call it a day, go start your weekends.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Incredible to see the same KIRO show that libeled me by saying I fabricated stories about the police chief's schedule now critiquing my reporting without linking it. The news they're commenting on was a PubliCola exclusive based on records I obtained through a disclosure request.

mynorthwest.com

'This doesn't smell right': Gee analyzes the strip club visit that got Seattle's civil rights director put on leave - MyNorthwest.com

Gee Scott reacts to Seattle's civil rights director being found to have sexually harassed an employee at a strip club on a work trip.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've vomited on my bike commute on clear, cold days when there's an inversion and the air quality gets extremely bad. I thought the pollution was from ships and trucks. The cement plant burns 3.7 tons of tires every hour. That's their fuel. Burning tires. Crazy. westseattleblog.com/2026/09/ash-...

westseattleblog.com

Ash Grove Cement's tire-burning rate can't rise, Duwamish River Community Coalition says after two-year challenge

(Wikimedia Commons file photo by Jmabel) The Duwamish River Community Coalition says it's succeeded in its longrunning challenge to the Ash Grove Cement plant - just south of the West Seattle Bridge ...

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Many of the people I meet in person these days absolutely hate Mayor Wilson. I had to listen to the guy at Alki Surf Shop whine about how she's running the city. These people are living in a different reality. Seattle is thriving right now.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

lol we are f*cking doomed

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hit 200 miles riding with my daughter in just a month!

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Great thread on the D5 election. This one is really important.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 03/09/2026

If you've been paying attention to the news recently, you may be wondering: what's going on in City Hall? What you might not have heard is that we are doing the work and getting real results for Seattle residents.

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Kelly Jiang @kellyjiang.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

FYI I just learned that Issaquah got a grant from the department of commerce to work with Seattle-based startup Emerald Battery Labs to do a sodium-ion battery pilot at one of our city buildings for resilience! Maybe by the time we figure out this PDA legal stuff we can make a sodium-ion BESS?!

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Taking my daughter on the water taxi via cargo bike! With groceries and a farmer's market haul and a bunch of other stuff. Can't recommend the MacRide seat enough. Best kids seat on any type of bike.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just over three weeks with my new cargo bike, Lectric Xpedition2. And I haven't even tried long trips yet, I think this weekend will be the first West Seattle to Woodland Park Zoo trip.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

RapidRide buses are mainly for people to leave a neighborhood and numbered buses are mainly for people getting around their neighborhood. They serve two different purposes and RapidRide shouldn't replace local buses.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I was curled up in a fetal position so I couldn't post but, at last night's Pike Place Market Historical Commission meeting, one of the commissioners insisted that closing Pike Place to cars was creating gridlock on 1st Avenue.

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Kelly Jiang @kellyjiang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I went down a serious rabbit hole last night looking into how cities could use public development authorities to build giant batteries. Since the batteries would be publicly owned, communities could retain the profits to fund local benefit projects. Very curious to hear what people think!

cascadianabundance.substack.com

BIMBY: Batteries in My Backyard

But maybe not BRIMBY (BlackRock in My Backyard)

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is a wonderful program, but the Washington State Legislature and @governorferguson.bsky.social defunded it this year. States pay a small $2.60 per book matching fund. The WA legislature decided that our kids aren't worth that much and took it away. The books stopped coming. Shameful.

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This used to be part of Lower Wacker drive, which raises the question, what if we did this on LWB?

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Kelly Jiang @kellyjiang.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My op-ed in the Seattle Times about how local governments can lead on clean energy is out today! Tl;dr: Cities should proactively identify sites for battery storage, set clear rules, and work to attract good projects. Let's build the damn batteries! www.seattletimes.com/opinion/its-...

seattletimes.com

It's up to local governments in WA to lead on clean energy | Op-Ed

To get batteries built on the timeline that climate change requires, city governments must lead the way and welcome clean energy in our backyards.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Transit porn! And that curb enforcing the bus lane is so good.

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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When we moved into our house we had a dear across the street elderly lady. She got around but not very far. They took away the stop at the end of our block (Route 28) and she didn’t really get around at all. The shift needs to be to inconvenience drivers for the bus to go faster, not passengers.

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Brook (Brandon) der Blätter @intcreator.com · 23/08/2026

another dead car lane!

me making the peace symbol next to the “dead car lane” which is actually a new bus lane in reference to the peace sign next to a grave meme from the movie _The Flash_

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Holy shit. Change is coming!

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I wonder if there's any way that @council.seattle.gov could bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library back to Seattle after the state defunded it. Every kid under 5 used to get a free, age appropriate, and excellently curated book every month.

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Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sadly, pretty much no questions about transit in the scrum, TV news personalities badgered the mayor about her polling numbers, the recent recall filing, police chief search, perception of safety etc.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

King County has underfunded court systems to the point that there is a 2 month backlog for domestic cases. They only see 9 cases per day. A domestic abuse victim can file a request for a temporary order, their abuser sees it the next day, and they won't have a court hearing until late October.

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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@transportation.seattle.gov Who do crosswalks with signs and islands not get painted with zebra stripes? I was talking to people who drive this road who say it's really confusing as to where crosswalks actually are.

Two crosswalk islands to help pedestrians cross the street. But there's no painted crosswalks accompanying this infrastructure.

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