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Director of Transportation Choices Coalition | Not short for Kirkleton

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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 29/09/2026
2 days until everything changes
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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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L. Harrison Jerome @lhjseattle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Ave For All: A Car-Free University Way on 10/10 and 10/17! We believe Seattle deserves a car-free street in the heart of every neighborhood for kids to play and community to gather. Come see for yourself what The Ave could be and bring friends! Follow @udistrict.org for updates
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 26/09/2026
We’re out knocking doors & making signs at the labor canvass kickoff for the Keep Pierce Moving campaign with @piercelabor.bsky.social! Vote yes on Prop 1 Tacoma!
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here at King Street Station welcoming in a “new airo era” for Amtrak Cascades!
Large crowd standing at train platform next to new airo train while Congressman Rick Larsen speaks.Holding up sign in front of crowd that says “Greet the new fleet”
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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Congratulations @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov on the first ride of the new Airo fleet cars today! I’m on board and they are BEAUTIFUL.
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 26/09/2026
New trains! Congrats @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov!
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 25/09/2026
NEW STORY// Everett, Community Transit Lay Out Long-Awaited Transit Consolidation Plan By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
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Everett, Community Transit Lay Out Long-Awaited Transit Consolidation Plan
If approved in early November, Community Transit would take over Everett Transit operations on April 1, 2027, with the existing Everett Transit network as its service baseline. A 50% increase in bus service would follow, to be fully implemented by 2030.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of thoss magic transit moments this evening: the kid and I got the same 574 bus driver both to and from Tacoma to support Keep Pierce Moving kickoff today. Chatted a bit on the ride back about transit funding and the need more more direct transit service to points south. And kid bedtimes.
Cool bus driver
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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.
Sounder train at King Street
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 23/09/2026
Everett Transit & Community Transit are better together. This would deliver a lot more bus service to the people of Everett, rather than cuts. Excited to rally for it with @snotrac.bsky.social
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 23/09/2026
Everett Transit & Community Transit are better together. This would deliver a lot more bus service to the people of Everett, rather than cuts. Excited to rally for it with @snotrac.bsky.social
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 23/09/2026
This merger between agencies seems like a big improvement for riders in the suburbs north of Seattle, both in terms of improving service but also increasing legibility. Right now, Everett Transit and Community Transit have multiple overlapping routes.
Community Transit route mapEverett Transit route map
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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@trimet.org is building a “transit champion” mailing list for the legislative session next year. would encourage everyone who follows me to sign up: trimet.org/champions
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Transit needs you now.
Join the Transit Champions and help protect the TriMet bus and MAX service our community depends on.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More big news: Community Transit and Everett Transit will be unveiling their proposed consolidation agreement tomorrow.
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Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Want more buses??? SO DO WE!!! Come TOMORROW to tell bus riders to vote YES on @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social !! All the cool kids will be there!
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Hop On Board Seattle @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We had a great time canvassing with Transit Riders Union at the UDistrict Farmers Market this weekend! Check out future volunteer opportunities at the link in our bio and #HopOnBoardSeattle!
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Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join us this Wednesday to campaign for more bus service!
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Flyer for the Seattle Transit Measure!! | Partiful
Join Fix The L8 to hang flyers and talk to riders about the upcoming Seattle Transit Measure (STM) that will be on the November ballot and fund more bus service. We'll have groups start at Denny Park...
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 19/09/2026
Spreading the bus gospel with @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social at the Grit City Gauntlet! Tacoma, vote yes on Prop 1!
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Amtrak Cascades @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov · 17/09/2026
NEW AMTRAK CASCADES TRAINS START SEPTEMBER 30. You can experience the new Amtrak Cascades trains beginning September 30. Four daily trains will be operating as new trainsets. Trains 503, 508, [SEA-EUG] 516 and 519 [SEA-VAC]. See the schedule at AmtrakCascades.com. Read more at: media.amtrak.com/
A new Amtrak Cascades train cruises up the tracks in style south of Tukwila with Mt. Rainier rising majestically in the background under a light blue sky with trees fringing the photo. The new train sports evergreen, mocha and cream colors with gold nugget accents. There are two headlights on below the windshield of the train.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 18/09/2026
Jacksonville Florida, the nation’s 11th largest city, has approved 22% transit cuts. It’s a nightmare: —Most bus service will operate on Sat schedule —The city’s automated rail service will simply not run —A “Navi” automated bus service will become manual because they can’t afford the software
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JTA planning additional layoffs as it works to cut $39 million from FY 2027 budget, suspend Skyway service in November
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will reduce its Fiscal Year 2027 budget by $39 million, suspend passenger service on the Skyway and pause Navi service as it works to balance revenue and expe...
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I would’ve taken the bus home from Town Hall Seattle last night but it wasn’t coming for another 20 minutes… BUT I had a great walk home reflecting how we that can change that if we vote YES to approve the Seattle Transit Measure this November to boost bus service by 34% and expand night service.
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Kelli Refer @kellireef.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No surprise there!
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Hop On Board Seattle @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Talking transit at the @nerd4cities.bsky.social X @theurbanist.org event! The Seattle Transit Measure would fund 275,000 bus trips in Seattle each year, more service on Saturdays and Sundays, and 22,000 free ORCA cards. Vote YES for the Seattle Transit Measure in November and #HopOnBoardSeattle!
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 14/09/2026
This is how our regions are tackling the fiscal cliff facing transit nationwide. It’s a West Coast thing. Get involved to help win this November ⬇️
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Hop On Board Seattle @hoponboardseattle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Bike riders who love the bus, too! 🚴‍♀️🚍 The 55th Anniversary of the Burke-Gilman Hike-In was the perfect place to talk about why transit matters and all the ways we plan to make it easier to get around Seattle. #hoponboardseattle!
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 13/09/2026
This would be one of the boldest city led expansions of bus service in the country. Proud to kick off this campaign last night. Vote yes on Prop 1 Seattle
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Get ready to Hop on Board and vote YES on the Seattle Transit Measure this November!
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 10/09/2026
I am incredibly saddened by the news of KL
Shannon's passing. She led, powered, and grew some of the most important movements in Seattle. KL was a fierce champion for justice who spent her life fighting for a more just Seattle. Our city is better because KL lived, organized, fought, and loved here. KL showed up to demand police accountability, alternatives to incarceration, environmental justice, and immigrant rights. There was no fight that she felt was too hard when injustice was present.
May we honor her by carrying forward the work she carried for so long.
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 10/09/2026
This is what voters have made possible in Seattle. @transpochoices.bsky.social has been beating the drum for investment in transit in Puget Sound for 34 years. We are seeing the return on that investment.
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 10/09/2026
I’ll keep retweeting Yonah until the good news stops
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 10/09/2026
In the early 2000s, transit ridership levels in the Atlanta and Seattle urban areas were quite similar. Since then, the two regions have experienced dramatic change: While Seattle's ridership is 70% higher than back then, Atlanta's is 40% lower. www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...
Monthly transit ridership, by urban area, Atlanta and Seattle.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We really have to pass Prop 1 and get more 8 trips on the schedule. It can't be the GR8 if not everyone can get on! (Also crush loads add to dwell time)
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 09/09/2026
Last night we celebrated the opening of our new dedicated bus lane for the 8 bus on Denny by doing the obvious thing: racing it again. Last summer, Seattleites raced the bus on foot and beat it. This time around, with the lane up and running, it wasn't even close.
Person holding a sign saying Thank You K8ieMayor Wilson standing with King County Metro employeeMayor Wilson standing with supportersMayor Wilson and Councilmember Rinck and public celebrating the bus lane
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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The L8 bus is now the G8 bus! Amazing what a bus lane can do for speed and reliability! Life changing for thousands of bus commuters in our City!
Group of people racing the 8 bus and losing!Alexis and Noah Williams riding the 8 bus home.
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 09/09/2026
Transit Dream Team @nicksattele.bsky.social @jasonli468.bsky.social @mayor.seattle.gov
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 08/09/2026
See you there!
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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Does your city still have a waterfront freeway? Go to Seattle to see what that space could become
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The organizers. The advocates. I always love it when @nicksattele.bsky.social and @jasonli468.bsky.social pop up in a video like this. They represent the best of our advocacy.
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Transportation Choices Coalition @transpochoices.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What do you do if you can't catch a bus after a late-night shift? You're forced to take a $40 Uber. The Seattle Transit Measure on the ballot this November could change that. www.thestranger.com/news/the-new...
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The New Seattle Transit Measure Could Make Night Buses Function - The Stranger
Chris Moore, the production manager at Chop Suey in Capitol Hill, has a hell of a time getting home on public transit after his shift.  In Seattle, a city doing the least to fight its early-to-bed rep...
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Henry @henrybendon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Everything you could want to know - and more - from @mclindblom.bsky.social this morning! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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How Seattle light rail became the world's first floating passenger train
Breakthrough technologies on the I-90 floating bridge make Seattle-Bellevue light rail a landmark on par with the Space Needle, Ballard Locks and Tacoma Narrows.
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Executive Girmay Zahilay @girmayzahilay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Major transit expansions start today! what’s changing? 🚌 9 new bus routes ➕ 3,000+ additional trips every week ⏰ More frequent service on key routes 🌙 More evening & weekend service 🚆 Better connections to light rail Thank you to all of our Metro teams: kingcountymetro.blog/2026/08/03/k...
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Kelly Jiang @kellyjiang.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thank you to everyone who came to our celebration of life for the 554 & 271 buses last night. Rep. Hall and I really appreciated hearing from the community about how much these buses meant to you. And a special shoutout to our new friend who took transit to Issaquah all the way from Everett (!!)
A photo of ~20 people dressed in all black in front of a sound transit 554 bus. A shrine to the 554 featuring (from left to right) a boop plushie, flowers, a comic about the 554, and a bus squishy. Close up of the comic about the 554. The first panel shows a 554 bus with a halo and a voice saying “it is time to go.” The second panel shows the 554 asking “was I a good bus?” The third and fourth panel show the grim reaper saying “No. I’m told you were the best.”
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 29/08/2026
This November, the people of Tacoma & Pierce County have the chance to vote for the bus system they deserve Prop 1 delivers: ➡️47% increase in bus service ➡️No more hourly headways ➡️Buses until at least 10pm on Weekdays ➡️4 new routes. More rapid routes ➡️Free fares for seniors
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This might be kind of niche but there are a ton of "neighborhood connector" streets across Seattle—usually 40-44' wide—with sharrows or door-zone lanes, that I would really like to fix.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thinking about how King County Metro is adding four hundred bus trips tomorrow compared to the week prior and FIVE HUNDRED trips on Sunday. It's going to take a lot of work to maintain those service levels into the future, but it's been awesome watching Metro embrace the idea of an all-week network.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Proposing a city ordinance requiring SDOT to use SpongeBob font when naming Aurora Avenue concepts.
This is an actual future state "transformational" concept created by SDOT for Aurora Avenue that they named "Walkable Boulevard"
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 28/08/2026
In some big cities—like New York, Seattle, DC, Boston, SF & Portland—commuters are less & less likely to drive to work. The transformation was underway pre-Covid. The share of commuters driving in Seattle declined from 58.7% in 1990 to 36.6% now! www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...
Share of commuters traveling to work by driving alone, 1980–2024, New York, Seattle, DC, Boston, SF, and Portland.
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 26/08/2026
Incredibly deserving. Tamieko’s energy is infectious. If you see her out driving a Metro bus, say hi! kingcountymetro.blog/2026/08/25/c...
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Celebrating excellence: Honoring Metro’s Operator of the Year Tamieko Cook
At King County Metro, celebrating excellence in public service is one of our proudest traditions. This year, Metro proudly recognizes Tamieko Cook as our Operator of the Year. Cook was celebrated t…
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 22/08/2026
The demolition of transit service in Portland is a preview of the future if we don’t win at the ballot this November in Seattle & Tacoma
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