Reposted by Ray WebsterGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"Tell me what you care about, and I'll tell you how cars make it worse," is a thing advocates say for a reason. Once you understand the intersection of car dependency with a range of issues it completely changes you. 027546
Reposted by Ray WebsterGordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Some NIMBYs have no shame. I can't imagine giving public comment complaining about the loss of car parking in the same public meeting a daughter gave tearful testimony about loosing her mother to a crash on a dangerous street. 1828
Reposted by Ray WebsterHayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 11/08/2026We should build up and make the most of the infrastructure we already have, so the nature and greenbelts around our communities stay preserved. 1476
Reposted by Ray WebsterCouncilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 14/07/2026We are dooming current and future generations because we lack the imagination and political will to see a future designed around people instead of cars. 211026
Reposted by Ray WebsterGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I haven't seen a lot of e-bike/e-moto stories focus on the aspect of mobility for kids and teens and it's really important! Kids want the freedom to move around their communities and they deserve to be able to do so safely. 212922
Reposted by Ray WebsterErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The conflict over density in Seattle was never between trees and housing. It's between property owners' suburban-style vision for Seattle and the needs of the city's renter majority. 211818
Reposted by Ray WebsterFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Bikes are not cars. Forcing them to follow the exact same rules is like forcing a round peg into a square hole. Their needs, spatial footprint, and threat to public safety are worlds apart. This is why you have to design streets to control one, and enable the other. 213226
Reposted by Ray WebsterSeattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"South Seattle has historically had less access to safe green space, recreational infrastructure, & pedestrian-friendly public investment than wealthier parts of the city...We deserve the sound of water without the sound of engines, & to let our children run ahead of us without calculating the risk"southseattleemerald.orgOPINION | We Deserve This Lane: Lake Washington Boulevard Belongs to People, TooJohn Aaron writes that closing Lake Washington Boulevard to through-traffic isn’t anti-car — it's a long-overdue investment in safety, equity, and public space for South Seattle. 1343
Reposted by Ray WebsterJess Bateman @jessdbateman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Weaponizing environmental concerns to prevent people from living in our urban environments isn’t new. It’s deployed by people with resources to restrict access to high opportunity areas. It’s nimbyism. In order to reach our housing goals, our land use processes must stop enabling this behavior.seattletimes.com'Orca Appeal': A science nerd's challenge to Seattle's building planAs City Hall continues to roll out the biggest remaking in Seattle's history, one musician challenges the underlying science. It is the story of our time. 16441102
Reposted by Ray WebsterA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 23/05/2026So many people want our parks and streets to be transformed -- we have to stop being scared of the few who are attached to a car-dependent city. Let's have the courage to insist on a bolder vision and start building all ages and abilities scooting/biking infrastructure on every street. 210519
Reposted by Ray WebsterErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Sound Transit built massive parking garages, subsidized by all of us, and made them free. Obviously they filled up. Then ST went half measures but STILL priced most spaces at $0. Even this minuscule toll makes car-brained suburbanites incandescent. They want 100% car subsidies, all the time.mynorthwest.comJake: What?! Sound Transit wants you to pay for something that was free - MyNorthwest.comSound Transit is rolling out a new parking permit program at its crowded light rail garages. 1017428
Reposted by Ray WebsterGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Something I was thinking about this morning on my ride is how hyper aware I am every time I bike: Checking for passing cars, parked cars, road furniture, pedestrians, potholes, road debris, etc. This is something people should consider when they see victim blaming PSAs about cyclists. But also... 319417
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/04/2026It's the inconvenience that I enjoy. 1019942
Reposted by Ray WebsterFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/03/2026We need a vehicle weight tax. If you can justify buying an $80k, 3,000 kg Wagoneer to haul one bag of groceries, taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing your pavement wear and tear plus the added danger to our streets. If you can afford the payments, you can afford to stop asking society to subsidize it. 1563112576
Reposted by Ray WebsterJames everything is analog @analogist.net · 27/02/2026What is this all about?? Let me try to explain. It's important, because it's actually about @seasocialhousing.bsky.social and it's about Alzheimer's and heart disease and asthma, and rich homeowners keeping you sick and housing rare and unaffordable. And what you can do about it THIS MONTH. 26020
Reposted by Ray WebsterGordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026SCL doesn’t ask the public if we want safe transmission lines. SPU doesn’t ask the public if we want safe watermains. Boeing Field doesn’t ask the public if we want a safe runway. WSDOT doesn’t ask the public if we want safe bridges. Why does SDOT put safe streets up for debate? 421245
Reposted by Ray WebsterTracy Brooks @mstbrooks.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Again I am dying not to drive. I don’t want to drive. If you make spaces for all it gets people like me off the roads and less traffic for the people that want to drive. 014225
Reposted by Ray WebsterErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Allow small apartment buildings everywhere. Yes, everywhere. www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...sightline.orgTo Build Fast, Think Small | Sightline InstituteHow re-legalizing small apartment buildings would spur the homes city dwellers need now. 19217
Reposted by Ray WebsterWest Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I would love for the energy spent saving one tree in Seattle to instead be directed towards saving the thousands of trees that are cut each year for our sprawling suburbs and rural estates. 414047
Reposted by Ray WebsterSeattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 10/07/2025Whether it's a nude beach, Bicycle Sundays/Weekends, or speed humps and stop signs, it's clear to those advocating through the public process that there's a separate and more influential channel to the Mayor's Office only available to certain people. 1408
Reposted by Ray WebsterRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Something I believe: allowing more people to be able to live in this amazing place is a moral necessity. 1138938
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 11/06/2025for the drivers behind me. 2167881
Reposted by Ray WebsterBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Just imagine investing this much money, time, energy, political will & space into smart walking, biking & transit infrastructure. There are maybe thousands of these. They not only induce a lot more driving, they make our cities think they can’t afford transport solutions that would ACTUALLY work. 1242987
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Item 1: A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc....Approved! Item 2: A 3km mobility lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg..Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city? 529164
Reposted by Ray WebsterFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 21/05/2025You ever notice how people turn into budget hawks over a proposed bike lane in a city, but then only ask "when will this be finished" in reaction to continuous multi-billion dollar highway widenings? 711615
Reposted by Ray WebsterSeattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 21/05/2025Seattleites who bike to work are waaaay happier, survey finds #SEAbikes #Seattle www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/05/20/s...seattlebikeblog.comSeattleites who bike to work are waaaay happier, survey findsChart from the 2024 Seattle Commute Survey (PDF) by Commute Seattle. People who bike and walk to work are way happier with their commutes than everyone else, and it’s not even close. This is … 1336
Reposted by Ray WebsterHayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 15/05/2025This is the zoning map for the second biggest city in the world's largest economy. All the yellow you see only permits single-family homes. Stop saying our cities are "full". 59714
Reposted by Ray WebsterErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Flippity-flip! This former duplex near me, which last sold for $975,000, has been transformed from two 980-square-foot apartments with a total of 3 bedrooms into a 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath single-family house they're offering for $2.4 million. WE NEED TO ALLOW APARTMENTS EVERYWHERE. 411715
Reposted by Ray WebsterHayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 04/05/2025You mean to tell me we have a higher GDP per capita than this and still our communities are unwalkable and filled with strip malls and no third places? What’s the point? (📷 utrechtalive) 1030035
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Seattle knows what's up. Spotted after passing a long line of cars.🔥🔥 📸 Fred Young 0692
Reposted by Ray WebsterGordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 28/04/2025New study: People who walk and bike to work in Seattle are the happiest commuters, and people who drive are the least happy. www.commuteseattle.com/2024survey/ Similar results have been found all over the world. Let's create cities that allow people to be happy as they go about their lives. 🚶🏼🚴🏾♀️🧑🏼🦽🛴😄 27320
Reposted by Ray WebsterFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This entire debate is car-brained deflection. Streets are dangerous because of cars. Traffic rules exist to manage them, not people walking or biking. People using bikes don’t need tests. Motorists just need accountability. 919624
Reposted by Ray WebsterRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025A bunch of folks showed up to the Bothell City Council tonight to speak against a potential resolution affirming Bothell as a welcoming place for LGBTQIA+ people. Here was Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson's response. 501328396
Reposted by Ray WebsterA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Washington state hasn’t had a Republican governor since 1980 and we’ve had D majorities in our legislature since 2017. And yet we are still committing climate arson with highway expansion.mynorthwest.comNew SR 509 Expressway to Sea-Tac Airport opens in October—but it’ll cost youA direct SR 509 Expressway is set to open in October, connecting I-5 to Burien after years of construction near I-5 and the Kent Des-Moines Road. 58319
Reposted by Ray WebsterRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10/02/2025No one in my city makes a pastime of badmouthing bus service quite like the people who never ride the bus. 1966355
Reposted by Ray WebsterQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Most of the solutions to climate change actually make life better, not worse. So we should be moving towards that better future with great joy and haste. 837471
Reposted by Ray WebsterHayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 12/01/2025NIMBYism has caused a nationwide housing shortage, has stopped our ability to prevent wildfires effectively, and stopped any progress on making existing trains faster. We must stop letting bad actors impede progress. 516123
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Tip: if you almost hit me, my family or anyone with your car, do not give a cute little wave. This is violent behaviour that continually gets treated as a little “whoopsie” Pull over, stop your car and take some time to think about how you almost killed someone and their family. 935050
Reposted by Ray WebsterA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Highway expansion is climate arson. Highway expansion inherently reduces access for nondrivers. Highway expansion (in the parlance of northwest nimby environmentalists) kills baby orcas. We. Have. To. Stop. Building. More. Lanes. #WAleg [end rant] 0155
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Spare me your "cyclists are dangerous" comments. In my years of parenting as my kids leave the house to play, go to school, go out with friends or do anything outside, I’ve never once had to say Watch out for people on bicycles. 2186592
Reposted by Ray WebsterBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom. Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?” Choices. Choices are more free than car dependency. It’s not a hard concept. I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport. I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode. 18785196
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Pro tip: if you’re at a 4 way stop and there are kids approaching, just give it a pause and let them all go, yes all of them including the friends that are a few steps back - EVEN if that means you are sitting there for an extra 8 seconds. 844965
Reposted by Ray WebsterTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Driving defensively and obeying the rules of the road is the most radical, rebellious and anti-social thing you can do in a car. 44801106
Reposted by Ray WebsterThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 17/12/2024It’s never too late to eliminate Seattle’s waterfront surface highway. 0894
Reposted by Ray WebsterFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/12/2024“Now, as I sit alone in this quiet senior home far from everything, I’m so glad I spent my youth fighting for endless car parking instead of spaces where people could gather and build community. What a triumph for the ‘neighborhood character.’” 317630
Reposted by Ray WebsterFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I urge younger and middle-aged people to advocate for city design that prioritizes people over cars. Without action, many will spend their final years isolated in places like this, cut off from aging in place within their community and left with a view like this as their connection to the world. 17617
Reposted by Ray WebsterPush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024we decayed our cities for cars. 48718
Reposted by Ray WebsterQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Would you rather live in a city where walking is a pleasant part of daily life, or one where people drive to the gym to walk on a treadmill? 934846
