Seattle Streets Alliance

streetsalliance.bsky.social

28 August 2026 20:27

"[Vision Zero] is not rocket science. But it takes political will. It takes resources. This will continue to be a big priority for me" – @mayor.seattle.gov in @nickdeshais.bsky.social's @seattletimes.com piece this morning. @streetsalliance.bsky.social called the move “bold … big and substantive”

mclindblom.bsky.social

05 August 2026 21:25

cc Spokane land-use/transit expert @nickdeshais.bsky.social

Jake Berman

lostsubways.com

03 August 2026 17:07

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

Portland Streetcar History

pdx-streetcars.bsky.social

23 July 2026 18:56

The Portland City Archives has just digitized this PEPCO trackage map from June 1926, which also shows the routes for the company's snow plow cars (including No. 300, the old "Seeing Portland" observation car). eFiles link: efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/12014...

Lauren

lpangborn.bsky.social

20 July 2026 22:28

Spokane now has critical-mass-style rides a few times per summer, appropriately called “Bike Party”. Hundreds of people join! More proof that the safer people feel, the more they’ll ride.