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Rocco DeVito

@radevito3.bsky.social
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Gardener, baker, optimist | Burien City Council Member | Work in transit/TDM | 🏳️‍🌈 | ⚽️🚎🚲 enthusiast Personal account - views my own Councilmember account - @buriencmdevito

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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve put yo travel photos on Instagram but I know Bluesky is for transit!! All the public transit I took in Turkiye the last 10 days!
Istanbul tram line 1Ferry between Europe and Asia across the Bosporus - Eminonu to KadikoyIstanbul subway line 2High speed automated subway (line 11) from the airport to the city - 115kph!!
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’ll always love hearing my friend and colleague Hugo announce a sounders game 😆❤️
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 04/06/2026
Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines carried 4.8 million riders in April—a 44% increase above March, after Link Line 2 was extended to connect Seattle & Bellevue across Lake Washington. Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines are now the most-ridden in the nation, above LA, Boston, or San Diego.
Ridership trends on Seattle's light rail and streetcar services, from 2002 to April 2026.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.
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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🎯 Image wit alt text:
A series of posts from Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social that say:

Magyar's speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: "He's basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired."

He's announced that Hungary will join the European Prosecution Office so anyone in the country can be charged.

Magyar: "No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions."
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.
thewesternedge.media
‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I see your burger and raise you cremation tacos 🌮 there must be a marketing firm doing all these! Could not believe I got it in the mail hahaha 😂
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The only tech product that has delivered on its promise of redefining its field while also preserving the best of the past is this
Nerds Gummy Clusters
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It's local election season in my town, so here's my periodic reminder that one of the best things you can do is get involved in local politics. These races have a major impact on your daily life and often swing on dozens of votes. Canvassing and outreach can make a massive difference.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
After adopting housing reforms that included eliminating parking mandates and increased density limits throughout the city, Bothell has seen a major jump in pre-applications for residential projects. Average number of units entering pre-application over the past 5 years: 580 In 2025: 1000+
Chart showing a big jump from 2024 to 2025 in the number of pre-application proposed residential units. No year has ever gone above 1000 until that year
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work. This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time. People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
mprnews.org
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
MARCH 28
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Hello! This originally was my campaign account. I'm converting it to a personal account. I will add a councilmember handle shortly and it will be in my bio. Going forward this account has my personal views and do not represent any official position. Thank you!!
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The 1 Line will operate until approximately 3 am tomorrow night, according to Sound Transit.

1 Line will operate until 3 a.m. on New Year’s Eve 
All buses and trains will operate fare free 
  
Looking for a safe and reliable option for New Year's Eve travel? Leave the driving to us!  
 
Sound Transit buses and trains will operate fare free all day on New Year’s Eve. Link light rail will run extended hours for the holiday, with service every 15 minutes during late night.  
 
The last southbound train will depart from Lynnwood at 1:57 a.m., serving Westlake at 2:28 a.m. and arriving in Federal Way at 3:23 a.m. 
 
The last northbound train will depart from Federal Way at 11:56 a.m., serving Westlake at 2:52 a.m. and arriving in Lynnwood at 3:24 a.m.
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This is my second year attending the Urbanist holiday party and am so excited to be speaking this year! Join us, it’s a great time and great opportunity to talk with so many local Urbanists and advocates 🙂
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I believe, and I heard it at the doors too, that people want solutions beyond incarceration. And turning down a million dollars and suing the county ain’t it! Happy to work with councilors and the community on a real way forward!
seattletimes.com
After debates on homelessness, Burien voters swing progressive
Two years after Burien leaders criminalized homeless camping outside, voters have elected a new City Council majority that generally opposes that strategy.
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Just wanted to extend a heartfelt thanks to Stephanie Mora for her service to our community and her kind concession. I look forward to serving all people in Burien, not just those who voted for me, and working to improve our city 😊❤️ Thank you to everyone who supported me this last year!
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 04/11/2025
It’s election day!!! Vote! 🗳️ And make sure to put those ballots in county elections drop boxes to ensure that they’re counted.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 03/11/2025
NEW POST // Six Local Elections Outside Seattle That Could Be Bellwethers By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/03/s...
theurbanist.org
Six Local Elections Outside Seattle That Could Be Bellwethers » The Urbanist
# From Bremerton to Issaquah and Tacoma, key races are on the ballot around the region that loom large for urbanist priorities. The outcome could determine where things are headed.
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the moon report 🌗 @seachanger.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
what I love about e-bikes and the world of small electric mobility is that it is a full scale transportation revolution no one saw coming but that nonetheless has the power to address air pollution death & illness, climate change, traffic violence, affordability, and also social isolation & anxiety
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
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Sarah Moore for Burien @sarah4burien.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Door knocking not your thing? Join team Jayapal & get out the vote for the endorsed progressive slate of Burien City Council Candidates (@hugo4burien.bsky.social, Sam Méndez, @electrocco.bsky.social) with a virtual a phone bank this Tuesday, October 28th! Register: www.mobilize.us/pramilaforco...
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Burien Slate Endorsed Candidates Virtual Phone Bank · Pramila for Congress
Burien’s City Council election is around the corner, and we need all hands on deck to help elect bold, progressive leaders who will fight for justice and inclusion. Join Team Jayapal for a Virtual Ph...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness. Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Most folks know how passionate I am about street safety, housing, and transit. So it will come as no surprise how thrilled I am to have the endorsement of so many transportation organizations. Thank you so much for the support @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social, WA Bikes and Transportation4WA!
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
I'm proud to be a member of ProTec17 and to have the support of so many labor unions! I'm happy to stand with my union siblings to fight for working people, tackling affordability, housing, and safe streets! Thank you for the support #mlklabor #protec17 #ufcw3000 #seiu6 #teamsters117 #atu587 #iam751
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Absolutely insane that the protest was routed across 3rd Ave and they’ve blocked all buses for 45 min. Who at the City authorized or planned this?! Total transit gridlock, prepare for crush loads and schedule mayhem for the rest of the day!
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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Great advice for all voters - return directly if possible: “To ensure that your ballot counts this year, it’s vital that you return it using a drop box so that it goes straight to your county elections office” #waelex
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
It’s imperative that Burien welcomes new neighbors in all our neighborhoods, we need to all contribute to meeting our housing goals and keeping services going for all residents!
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
Average nitrogen dioxide concentration in Paris has fallen significantlyHer proposals have faced pushback — from right-leaning politicians, a car owners’ association and suburban commuters, who say that targeting cars makes their lives more difficult.

But last month, Parisians voted in a referendum to turn an additional 500 streets over to pedestrians. A year earlier, Paris had moved to sharply increase parking fees for SUVs, forcing drivers to pay three times more than they would for smaller cars. The city has also turned a bank of the Seine from a busy artery into a pedestrian zone and banned most car traffic from the shopping boulevard of Rue de Rivoli.

Carlos Moreno, a professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a former adviser to the city, said the French capital has developed “an urban policy based on well-being.”
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 22/08/2025
Be gay, make your neighborhood more beautiful and safer for pedestrians.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
the perfect bike accessory does not exis...
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Thank you for coming out @mlklabor.bsky.social!! I can't thank you and all the union folks that showed up today to support us because, I know that when we fight, WE WIN!!
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I’m working hard to replace our conservative councilmember who would do just this to our homeless neighbors. She’s already passed laws to ban them from the city limits. We need to provide services and stable housing for people exiting homelessness, not jails and institutions.
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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Opening the public right of way to people walking and rolling is always a winner for local businesses and communities.
The idea faced initial opposition from some vendors who worried that fewer people would shop at the Market if they couldn't drive there.
But the car restriction seems to have had the opposite effect.

Between January and June, foot traffic was up 7.5% compared to the same time period last year. It's a "pretty significant" increase, Douglas said, adding that vendors are also reporting strong sales numbers.
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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Good news: Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
seattletimes.com
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
King County had two goals when it purchased more than a dozen hotels to convert into housing for people living on the streets — end homelessness for a bunch of people and improve their health. Officia...
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mlklabor.bsky.social @mlklabor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Another two great canvasses this weekend! Union members are ready to elect leaders who will stand with workers.
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I’m using my bike to run for City Council so we can have safer streets so more folks can walk and roll in our town!
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This is framed as "lessons for the left," but Lander and Mamdani actually offer lessons for the center: Instead of ruthlessly undermining leftist candidates, emphasize shared values and refuse to amplify right-wing attacks. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left
The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 08/07/2025
The best part of the free fare debate is that virtually everyone at least claims to agree that fast, reliable, and frequent transit is necessary! That’s an awesome starting point for getting bus lanes, transit signal priority, & better stops implemented. And we need so much of that all over the US.
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Happy 4th!! Always nice to be reminded of what actually makes us great and why we should fight to make our country a better place ❤️🇺🇸
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It was a long council meeting introducing new residential zoning last week. Change is hard but we need to grow as our region does, in every neighborhood, and not just on arterials. We need all kinds of housing for all kinds of families and seniors. I like the new changes and hope to see them passed!
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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It took a liberal-Left alliance to defeat Cuomo. Big props to Lander for being a man of principle who refused to punch Left At the same time, Zohran smartly rejected a widespread leftist tendency to treat liberals and liberalism only as ideological competitors to be fought
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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 21/06/2025
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 21/06/2025
King County celebrated the opening of a new 2.2-mile segment of the Lake to Sound Trail in SeaTac earlier this month. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/20/n...
A group of cyclists approach to cross the ceremonial finish line at the opening ceremony for a new segment of the Lake to Sound Trail in SeaTac. (Andrew Engelson)
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I’ve gotten to ride this new trail twice and it’s wonderful! Great way to get to SeaTac and Des Moines, it’s beautiful and very comfortable ride on separated bike path :) always great to see trails that connect people to more places. When people feel safe riding more people will ride!!
b-townblog.com
New Lake to Sound Trail segment opens, connecting Burien and SeaTac to Des Moines Creek Trail - The B-Town (Burien) Blog
A new segment of the Lake to Sound Trail is now open in South King County, marking the completion of two-thirds of a 16-mile corridor that will eventually connect Lake Washington in Renton to Puget So...
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I'm just so excited to be running next to such a great group of candidates!! We bring different perspectives but share the same progressive values and dedication to making things better. We are here to make sure Burien thrives with safer streets, a fair minimum wage, and transparent city government!
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Thank you 33rd LD Democrats for your endorsement!! It means a lot to have the support of my home district dems and I look forward to working with our amazing slate to win here in Burien. And we're going keep going and build a bench to make sure we can keep that change going now and into the future 🔥
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Rocco DeVito @radevito3.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
So excited to announce Hugo Garcia's endorsement!! I couldn't be more honored to run with Hugo and the rest of our slate this year. Anyone who knows Hugo is just blown away by his commitment to our community. He is also one of the best public servants I know. Thank you Hugo and LFG!!
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