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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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‘A great, immeasurable loss’: Social justice organizer KL Shannon dies at 59
Organizer, activist and community leader KL Shannon left a long legacy of fighting for social and racial justice in the Seattle area, writes Naomi Ishisaka.
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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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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Come ride with me! cascade.org/rides-events...
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SLOW Ride to Car-Free Lake Washington Boulevard (Easy)
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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
98% of people support keeping unnecessary car traffic out of Pike Place. And during the pilot, visitation and sales both increased. @gordonofseattle.bsky.social makes the case for keeping Pike Place people-first year-round. Read op-ed: www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-how-pi... via @theurbanist.org
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Op-Ed: How Pike Place Market Can Thrive in the Winter Without Car Traffic
SDOT is weighing a plan that would fully reopen Pike Place to cars Monday through Thursday from October to March. Here why that approach is wrong and how the Market will thrive with year-round pedestr...
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Thank you to @mayor.seattle.gov for letting Lake Washington Boulevard better serve the community this summer. The boulevard is most accessible when it is closed to car through-traffic, and OPEN to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to enjoy as the 3 mile public waterfront PARK it is
Two senior women using adaptive cycles, and people walking abs pushing strollers in background Skateboarding mom with sonBiking kiddo with mom Two men walking with woman in wheelchair. This photo from a former year
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 12/08/2026
Shout it from the rooftops: City Council just voted to ban rental junk fees! #affordability #junkfees #renters #seattle #mayorkatiewilson
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Rental junk fees banned!
YouTube video by Mayor Katie B. Wilson
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 10/08/2026
In June 2026 the Seattle region had >by far< the highest US light rail ridership—5.5m riders—vs 4.5m in LA, the 2nd highest. Seattle light rail ridership has exploded since January! Overall, the region's transit ridership is ~back to pre-covid levels. www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...
Transit ridership among top 10 light rail operators, US, by month.Light rail ridership, Seattle region, by month.Overall transit ridership, Seattle region, by month.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“3/4ths of disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.” — @nondriver.bsky.social in collaboration with @urbantruth.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth Worth repeating. #UrbanTruth
Same quote as in post. Tagline is “Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.”
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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Cars have a geometry problem. They’re incredibly spatially inefficient.
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Erik Ostrom @erikostrom.com · 26/07/2026
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“Ghent is calm yet lively, tranquil yet filled with pleasant sound. One resident went so far as to tell Filip Watteeuw he was "the best orchestral composer the city has ever had," because the noise created by excessive automobile traffic had been replaced by an urban symphony of people talking, bicycle gears cranking, and birds singing. While we were in Ghent, we stood at the intersection of two major bike routes.
There we heard the joyful sound of children
laughing and playing, presumably from a schoolyard or playground just out of sight. It was a beautiful reminder that cities aren't loud, cars are loud.”
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 25/07/2026
riding bikes is also vastly more pro social than driving a car. you pay so much more attention to the world around you and are so much better enmeshed in your community.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth
“3/4 of disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.“ Via Anna Zivarts. The tagline at the bottom says “mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.“ Via the Urban Truth Collective in  collaboration with Anna Zivarts.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 19/07/2026
I'm about to get myself banned from editing Wikipedia for continually updating the page for this WC to insist that Cabo Verde won the whole thing.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
in seattle motorists outnumber cyclists 20 to 1
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A few years ago, I calculated the heat emitted by cars in New York City as patio heaters, to give people an idea of scale in a measure they could understand. Every day there are 157,000 patio heater equivalents running around New York. Turn them off! www.treehugger.com/cars-add-hea...
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Cars Add a Lot of Heat to Our Cities—It's Time to Ban Them
Learn how cars are worsening the heat wave and why it's time to reassess their place in cities.
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 01/07/2026
Streets Alliance: 3 actions Seattle can take now to make streets safer #SEAbikes #Seattle
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Streets Alliance: 3 actions Seattle can take now to make streets safer
The Seattle Streets Alliance has published an action alert urging Seattle to take three actions to improve street safety, two specific interventions and one systemic change. Supporters can sign on to the ideas and send letters to city leaders. Daylight every intersection SDOT touches SDOT image adapted from a graphic by Lancaster, PA. Image adapted from California's Streets for All. The group is calling for SDOT to daylight every intersection they touch, which means installing physical barriers to prevent people from parking cars illegally close to a crosswalk. State law already prohibits&hellip;
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Great effort by the councils active travel department and Everybody Cycles, organising this event to improve accessibility to everyone regardless of ability to get active and get cycling!
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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"Most [🚲🛴] users are using MLK and Rainier Avenue to get through Rainier Valley, despite the lack of protected infrastructure...This reality begs the question, why are there no plans to build protected bike and scooter infrastructure on these critical corridors?"
heat map
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Franken Phil @philisit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
TheUS is currently in negotiations with Iran to open the Reflecting Pool.
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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A true emergency! Protect the pool!
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nondriver @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Anna lives w/ low vision & turned what used to be hidden into something inspiring communities across the US to think outside the car. From union organizing to becoming an author, this is Anna's story Full episode below ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=14gY... Help us grow. Please like, share + subscribe!
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Why Nondrivers Should Lead the Urbanist Movement
YouTube video by nondriver
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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This waterfront kiosk says NOTHING about bikes! No bike lanes on the map, not even the brand new one right here
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Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Happy 15th Birthday Seattle Streets Alliance! Here are 2 messages for you from Utrecht, NL If you're in Seattle you can still get free tickets to celebrate streets w @streetsalliance.bsky.social! Sat June 6, 3-6PM Barbara Bailey Way @ Capitol Hill Light Rail www.streetsalliance.org/get-involved...
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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Today is the day! 🎉 Join us from 3–6 PM on Barbara Bailey Way as we celebrate 15 years of organizing for safer, more people-centered streets in Seattle. We're also excited to welcome Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, who will join us for a brief speaking program at 3:30 PM!
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I'm much taller than the reflecting pool
A chart showing I am significantly taller than the reflecting pool
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Today was pretty special.
Katie Wilson and Josie with bikes at Judkins ParkBunch of folks biking to Lake Washington BoulevardBiking on Lake Washington BoulevardKatie Wilson cutting the ribbon
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Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
For millennia, humans have been using decoys to lure birds to particular places, usually to eat them. But decoys can also be used for conservation: Artists & scientists are creating realistic fake birds to attract puffins, terns, and other seabirds to restored nesting sites. @biographic.bsky.social🧪
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The Artist Showing Seabirds Home
The woman at the heart of a long-standing avian restoration program blends art and science to attract birds back to lost habitat.
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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I just got tickets for @streetsalliance.bsky.social 15th Anniversary Street Party on June 6! Can you join me? https:// streetsalliance.org/street-party
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15th Anniversary Street Party
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
our neighbors are an elderly couple who traded in gas/hybrid for a lightly used EV but they also picked up matching step-through e-bikes during pandemic they use those way more than their car. even at 70 the e-bike is preferred. it's fun. flattens hills. and it's often faster than driving
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is what they think they got on AOC. Century-level high on your own supply right now. Those court decisions got them juiced.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I know we had you at Pike Place Pedestrianization Action Alert.
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memily @memz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
‼️Pike Place Pedestrianization Action Alert‼️ the PDA is conducting (another) visitor survey to better understand how locals travel to the Market and how those trends have been affected by the ongoing street pilot. tell 'em! www.pikeplacemarket.org/pike-place-m...
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Pike Place Market Wants to Hear Your Voice - Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market PDA wants to hear your feedback on your recent visits to the Market. Share your voice as we strive to continue improving visitor experience for all.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Cycling to work reduces risk of death by up to 20%. Copenhagen gives cyclists tax incentives to commute because their productivity is higher (less days off sick). This stuff should not be controversial. Politicians really need to step up on active travel #cycling
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The first Asian American mayor of NYC recently rode 40 miles on a bike across the five boroughs wearing a suit and tie and is skipping the Met Gala and instead using his platform to celebrate union leaders and immigrant rights activists in the fashion industry. Nice.
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it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Giving poor people some money makes crime go down better than giving cops more money.  Says science.  We did the science.  We keep doing the science.  Nobody in a suit ever cares tho.
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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Not too late to join my SLOW Ride! cascade.org/rides-events...
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SLOW Ride to Seven Vistas, Three Hills, No Sweat! (Easy) | Cascade Bicycle Club
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jeannemarthe.bsky.social @jeannemarthe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Son conseil : " le but n'est pas de remplacer 1 million de véhicules thermiques par : - 1 million de véhicules électriques mais par: - 250000 véhicules électriques. =MOINS DE VOITURES qui conduisent MOINS"
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Anna 🇨🇦 @annabelluz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Why can’t we do this EVERYWHERE?
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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I’m leading a SLOW Ride! Come ride with me! cascade.org/rides-events...
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SLOW Ride to Seven Vistas, Three Hills, No Sweat! (Easy) | Cascade Bicycle Club
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Mayor's Office just confirmed with me that the plan is for Bicycle Weekend closures to start around 7pm Friday night and extend through Monday morning. The days of one sunset ride along an open Lake Washington Boulevard per weekend look to be in the past.
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merlinrain.bsky.social @merlinrain.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Do not trust the AI overview!
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
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Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I have voted twice to advance articles of impeachment. We cannot wait. Congress must convene immediately and begin proceedings to remove this man from office for the safety of our nation, Americans, and the world.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is threatening war crimes. That alone is illegal. He is unfit for office. I am urging the entire military command to remember your oath to the Constitution. Do not follow illegal orders. Do not commit war crimes. The stain and repercussions will be endless.
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Patrick Webb @patrickwbb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BREAKING: Some military commanders may be preparing to defy unlawful orders that disobey the U.S. Constitution, according to retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, per MS NOW.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Rep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down.
Screenshot of a tweet by Rep. Ted Lieu stating that U.S. military law prohibits war crimes, including strikes on civilian infrastructure that cause disproportionate harm. The tweet warns that service members must disobey illegal orders and could face prosecution by a future administration if they commit war crimes.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 06/04/2026
WA now accepting e-bike rebate applications, will select lottery winners monthly starting April 13 #SEAbikes #Seattle #WA
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WA now accepting e-bike rebate applications, will select lottery winners monthly starting April 13
From the WE-Bike website. Last year, WSDOT doled out the entire first year of e-bike rebates in one big springtime lottery, but the agency has revamped the "WE-Bike" program to meter out the rebates with awards by lottery on the second Monday of every month for a full year starting April 13. Any Washington State resident 16 years or older can&hellip;
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