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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s a beautiful October day at Pike Place Market! Inviting all car traffic back Monday through Thursday was a mistake, that we should fix for next year.

People sitting and walking in the street

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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

See you there?

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m thinking of quitting my day job to become a very serious graphic designer.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's a perfect day to tell SDOT to pedestrianize Barbara Bailey Way (were the Sunday farmers market sets up in Capitol Hill). Come get your market goods and then pop into the open house just around the corner.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tell your friend’s friend.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Imagine Barbara Bailey Way not as a queue for idling, often speeding, vehicles but as a permanent place for people walking and rolling between Cal, light rail, and the small businesses that hug the plaza. COME TO THE LOW POLLUTION OPEN HOUSE THIS SUNDAY 09/27.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@centralseattlestreetsforall.org has been out talking with neighbors about an exciting opportunity to pedestrianize Barbara Bailey Way. Let’s be sure to show up this Sunday and express that! Put it in your phone calendar or, if you’re a wall calendar girlie like me, mark it for Sunday Sept 27 1-4 pm

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The author of the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social newsletter this morning just couldn't help themselves: "Whoops! This downtown Seattle street has a big, bright problem...And it's mucking up traffic..." Their car brained takes are like uncontrollable tics.

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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Cyclists sharing the road: holy shit holy shit please don’t kill me holy shit is it safe to go holy shit please don’t kill me im just trying to get home Drivers sharing the road: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY RIGHT NOW I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU I WILL BREAK EVERY TRAFFIC SAFETY RULE TO SAVE 5 SECONDS

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@transportation.seattle.gov lots of confused people here just in the ten minutes I’ve been observing. Not to mention confused drivers who seem to largely default to NOT yielding for people making their intent to cross the street known to drivers. This is dangerous. Plz fix.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey @transportation.seattle.gov what’s going on with the RRFBs at 15th Ave E and E Harrison St? It’s not clear for people walking whether you’re discouraging use of this crossing (assuming this sign blockage was put up by the department).

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"It’s high off the road, packed with safety features, and can self-drive.." It's unfortunate that this journalist appears to take the Cybertruck owner's word for what safety features are.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Exactly, for so many drivers, this is just away to avoid E John at everyone else's expense.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The result, especially for people who are new to the neighborhood or visiting, is confusion. Here's a place that seems by all accounts FOR people walking and rolling. And yet, when drivers see a green light at Broadway, people walking and rolling become obstacles to their commute.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Designated as a Festival Street, the design is *supposed* to slow WB drivers giving them a real sense that they are not the main character on this stretch. But as with most places where cars are allowed at all, they are, by default, the main character and act accordingly.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For folks who aren't as familiar with Barbara Bailey Way, it's a 250-foot section of street that's been designed in a way that promotes walking and rolling between a the plaza, Cal Anderson Park, Capitol Hill light rail station, residential buildings, coffee shops and other local businesses.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pedestrianizing Barbara Bailey Way, that stretch bordering the north end of Cal Anderson park where the Sunday Famers Market sets up, would be an easy way to improve the neighborhood. If you’re already there for your market goods on 9/27, stop in and tell @transportation.seattle.gov we want this.

Poster advertising one of the Low Pollution Neighborhood Open Houses hosted by Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). Capitol Hill’s is scheduled for Sunday 09/27 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM at the Cathy Hillenbrand Community Room

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Nick @nicksattele.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Route 8 is now three times faster with a bus lane” - @mayor.seattle.gov Thanks so much to the Mayor who saw this through and huge thank you to @alexis4seattle.bsky.social who fought the fight last year!

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

To the gentleman driver who absolutely lost it when I gave him a thumbs down for turning into the bikelane against a NTOR,screamed at me to go fuck myself, then sped up behind to scare me, have a pleasant day. Violent people driving cars is having an absolute moment right now.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Route 8 riders knew! 🙂 Glad it’s a little better! This argument was really always about *all road users* and I’m glad to hear that it’s improving things for you!

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Streetcrafting @streetcrafting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Large non-market vehicles not only crowd out limited space on Pike Place, they also use valuable curb space on 1st Ave that could be used for business and customer access. Not to mention these large vehicles towering over storefronts, making it harder for people to discover Market businesses.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Until we’re brave enough to just build a place where general car traffic can’t go, join me in walking in the middle of pike place mon-thurs starting in October!

SDOT Visitor Survey Findings
N = 5,403 Responses, June 1 – June 30
•98% Support: Near-universal community backing for vehicle
barriers.
•93%+ Multi-Modal Approval: Strong endorsement from drivers,
bikers, pedestrians, mobility device users, and transit riders alike.
•Top Benefits Reported: Enhanced pedestrian safety (38%) and a
more welcoming environment (25%).
•Key Improvement Considerations: Making barriers permanent
(23%) and restricting unauthorized vehicles (17%).
•96% Business Agreement: High alignment among local
merchants and staff. (n = 224, subset of N)

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It seems weird because it is weird. But it's also infuriating especially for people who emphasize in survey after survey how wildly baseline keeping cars out of the market is.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We need a police chief who understands that traffic safety is public safety. It’ll be ideal also if they can help some local media outlets 👀 @seattletimes.com 👀 see why bold moves to improve public transportation and speed up Vision Zero projects is actually newsworthy.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You’re an inspiration!

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Holy shit we’re flying like a bat out of hell. #Acceler8

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

you’d think thousands of cars, SUVs, and lifted trucks don’t already pack the streets and cause safety concerns every damn day

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Love to bike lane

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There's plenty of space and plenty of demand for scooter & bike infrastructure on Rainier Ave. What are we waiting for?

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Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Yale slip lane is now permanently closed, with Boren handling all I-5 traffic! We had a great time meeting the SDOT crew and can't wait to see the improvements this will bring for the L8! We'll head back down later today to share some more photos after everything is fully installed.

Traffic camera at Denny / Yale / Stewart showing the right lane closed

Crew finishing up work at Denny / Boren / Lenora to install concrete c-curbs as an 8 bus drives by

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It's time to post the current election turnout breakdown by age bracket chart again and remind you that ballots are due by Tuesday!

65+ turnout is 30.98% and 18-44 is all below 10%

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

“For years, @gordonofseattle.bsky.social, executive director at Seattle Streets Alliance, heard that it wasn’t possible to build a bus lane on Denny Way. “The Harrell administration said bus lanes on Denny were impossible,” he said, “and now we have bus lanes on Denny.” That’s leadership

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Yeah I mean I report them when I see them but I just wish I knew why it seems so normalized. Like okay narrow streets, sure, but like it’s not your driveway, Jan.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Has parking cars on sidewalks always been a thing here?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/07/2026

Seattleites: if you, like me, have relied on @thestranger.com for election recommendations in the past, please be aware that those recommendations have been enshittified, likely due to changes in the paper's ownership. Use the Urbanist recommendations instead:

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

@transportation.seattle.gov for people biking, 12th Avenue is already mostly a choice between door zone and the fast lane through the pike/pine corridor.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I’m all for making it easier for Microsoft employees to get to work without a car, but does it need to be at the expense of people biking? @transportation.seattle.gov

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 17/07/2026

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"I don't want people to leave here thinking Councilmember Kettle and I don't support transit" - Councilmember Rivera If you don't want voters to think that, perhaps don't propose slashing the mayor's proposed transit expansion plan 🤷🏻‍♂️. Their amendment fails, 7-2.

screenshot of seattle city council meeting

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The department is also well aware of dangerous conditions all along 12th from Microsoft shuttle bus using the bike lane as a parking spot to utility trucks using the turn lane, to forcing cyclists into the door zone of parked cars. Their response to these dangers so far appears to be “good luck 😃”

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here at 12th Ave and Alder again using a pedestrian “refuge” @seattledot.bsky.social says is completed project. They checked a box. But they’ve known for a long time drivers can’t see the flashing beacons and that drivers speed on 12th because they’re encouraged to.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And yet when we push electeds to address dangerous driver behavior with better infra for people outside cars, some of the loudest voices against safer streets cite the “selfish,” “entitled,” or “special interests” of a few as if driving a car recklessly through a city isn’t somehow entitled.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Yeah plenty of updates from KUOW this morning about I5 closures this weekend, but I heard nothing from that outlet this morning between 5 and 7:30, so maybe they said something later? But, like, that’s when many people have already made alternate plans.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Meanwhile: nothing to regulate here.

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Streets are for people!

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Sam @sluikens.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I can be a sp⚽️rts fan if it means streets can be for people.

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