I FOUND THE ARTICLE advocating to build @sound-transit.bsky.social...ghostwritten by me and printed in the Mercer Island Reporter. I'll post it below (🧵thread!) and you can tell me if it aged well or not. I wrote this in 1996!
The WA House just approved a bill streamlining permit requirements for Sound Transit projects, after defeating a number of Republican amendments watering down the bill.
The vote was 56-38.
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/04/o...
Occidental Ave in Pioneer Square cafes and trees on a pedestrianized street
Two people walking one in a wheelchair on Lake Washington Boulevard during an Open Street event
person biking next to poppies on the Burke Gilman Trail
elders enjoying Hing hay Park with city skyline in the background
👋🏻 new followers. I’m Gordon and my day job is Executive Director of Seattle’s walking and biking nonprofit @streetsalliance.bsky.social. Most of my content is specific to Seattle, and mostly about street infrastructure.
A busy urban street. A cyclist wearing a white helmet and teal shirt riding a light-colored road bike is stopped behind a crosswalk. She is next to a white SUV.
Street view of Pioneer Square with historic brick buildings, a bike lane, crosswalk, and a 'STOP ALL WAY' sign. A pedestrian crosses as vehicles line the street.
It’s happening! Yesler Way is getting a new protected bike lane from Occidental Ave S to the waterfront.
Coffee makes the commute better - and this new cart is a permitted pilot working with ST’s station activation team!
Maintaining this in the bill would balloon King County Metro's projected funding deficit from $1.75 billion to $2.1 billion by 2035.
It would also dig Sound Transit's financial hole even deeper.
Here's a piece I wrote explaining my top request coming out of interviews I did for Mayor Wilson's transition -- a clear mayoral directive that ensures that every project that touches our city encourages reduces VMT. Read more 👇
I’ve never seen this many people at city hall for any reason. Over 100 people showed up to support light rail to Issaquah, including electeds from Sammamish, Maple Valley, and Snoqualmie. I’m proud to be on a team that’s working hard to find creative solutions to build light rail faster and cheaper!
Sad to report that HB 2095 — the vulnerable road users bill to make it so that you don’t have to prove to the court that you don’t force the truck to kill you — died in the Senate’s Law and Justice committee today. But don’t despair. The fight isn’t over, this is just the halfway point #waleg
My op-ed with @kevinnichols.org and Mayor Mullet is up on @theurbanist.org! Tl;dr, we should:
1. Decrease costs by eliminating new parking garages
2. Increase ridership by enabling more housing near light rail
3. Prioritize lower-cost alignment & construction feasibility
Every card is welcome aboard 🚅 🚌 🛳️
Tap to Pay is now live across Puget Sound! Tap your contactless credit or debit card, physical or in a digital wallet, to pay your transit fare. Easy.
Learn more: info.myorca.com/contactless/
Forgot your ORCA card? No problem. ‘Tap to Pay’ starts Monday for Seattle transit.
NEW STORY // South King County Bus Network Revamp To Boost Weekend Service by 72%
Story by Ryan Packer, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/21/s...
Senate Bill 6148 would extend Sound Transit's bonding authority to 75 years, helping to build light rail faster and reduce the risk of cutting projects. This bill has a hearing TODAY at 4 PM in the House Transpo Committee.
Please sign in PRO: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
#BuildTheDamnTrains
Tap to pay starts on Monday!
What is the Seattle Transit Measure?
Why should you care?
How can we get more bus service?
All your questions answered and more in part 1 of my 3 part series for the STB!
Senator Murray is on the left, looking at a lego transit vehicle. A woman is in the background on the right looking on.
Senator Murray is in the middle of the frame, looking to the left at a man. They are on a city bus.
Senator Murray is sitting at the head of a white, rectangle table with several people all seated around it.
Senator Murray is center frame, looking slightly to the right with a man in the foreground.
House Republicans wanted to cut funding for public transit by 98%! I stood in the way and STOPPED them.
I was at Community Transit today to talk about new funding I secured for the Swift Gold Line bus rapid transit project.
People want MORE public transit—let's keep building it! 🚌🚌🚌
have you tried the new transit game?
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...
The morning! Comment to protect 21 corner corrals from complaints about losing [illegal] car parking. They:
⬆️ safety by slowing turning car traffic and increasing visibility
⬆️ accessibility by getting bike/scooter share off the sidewalk
⬆️ bike/scooter share parking spaces where people can park
Katie Wilson interrupts her State of the City address to note the fact that a 27-year-old was killed last night by a driver in Capitol Hill.
"We have to do better. We're not on track for our Vision Zero goals, and we have to make it safe for our vulnerable road users to get around the city."
nine different bus routes get added trips to expand into earlier morning or later at night, including several routes adding Saturday and Sunday service
I love this visual representation of King County Metro's plans to expand its span-of-service across routes in South King County with the bus restructure planned for later this year.
LFG Pierce County this is your moment
NEW OP-ED // Pierce County Must Run a Transit Ballot Measure in 2026
Op-Ed by Kirk Hovenkotter of @transpochoices.bsky.social and Laura Svancarek of Tacoma On The Go.
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/o...
Urgent: Time is running out to advance smarter transportation planning in Washington. Contact your representatives TODAY and ask them to pass House Bill 2134, which would require Regional Transportation Planning Organizations to account for GHG emissions and Vehicle Miles Traveled. bit.ly/40dqzWZ
Great piece in the Spokesman Review on Rep Jamila Taylor’s bill that funds WA’s transit agencies to make buses free for community & technical college students. I’m a huge fan
www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Off by 50k! Hopefully like with our elections it makes up ground with the later drops. We’ll see if it gets closer to 250k
Every 6 minutes came a crushload @sound-transit.bsky.social train full of Seahawks fans for the parade.
Starting Saturday, trains this often this won’t just be for special events, but will just be the everyday commute.
4 lanes instead of 6 feels like a big victory--especially since one lane each direction will be bus- only.
We need your help to ensure Sound Transit can keep building light rail across the Puget Sound Region as quickly as possible. Senate Bill 6148 would give Sound Transit the financial flexibility it needs by allowing it to issue 75-year bonds. Contact your senator to ask them to support this bill.
NEW: Sound Transit says simulated service on the full 2 Line will start THIS SATURDAY.
From ST: "Passengers will be able to ride test trains between International District/Chinatown and Lynnwood City Center stations and service hours on the existing 2 Line [...] will be extended until midnight."
