Northwest Urbanist

thenorthwesturbanist.com

18 October 2026 23:34

The good news is the mayor could order this up any time!

Push The Needle

pushtheneedle.bsky.social

09 October 2026 18:45

“You can’t do that on Aurora” Chengdu, China:

Push The Needle

pushtheneedle.bsky.social

08 October 2026 20:19

I don’t think city planners and architects understand cities at all if they can illustrate this type of graphic without asking the question of why that space isn’t used? Freeways are loud, unpleasant gashes in cities and the only way to create this level of vibrancy is to remove them

Stephen Jacob Smith

stephenjacobsmith.com

05 October 2026 19:59

Insane accessibility laws in America where in NYC we have to dig up intersections three times in five years to upgrade a perfectly fine curb ramp, redo it because of an imperceptible deficiency, then install an audible signal, while in the middle of Boston you’ve got ones that still look like this

Qagggy!

qagggy.bsky.social

05 October 2026 19:35

Seattle Times: "Sound Transit has a shortfall." Sound Transit: "We don't recognize the concept of a shortfall because our tax authority extends infinitely* into the future and we can just deliver results more slowly." *Until our bonds are retired, at which point taxes reduce to fund operations.