Seattle Dept of Transportation on Instagram: "It’s happening! Yesler Way is getting a new protected bike lane from Occidental Ave S to the waterfront. This project fills a gap in Seattle’s City Cent... 206 likes, 9 comments - seattledot on February 26, 2026: "It’s happening! Yesler Way is getting a new protected bike lane from Occidental Ave S to the waterfront. This project fills a gap in Seattle...

Omg it's happening

If you've been noticing 1 and 2 Line trains slowing down between International District and Symphony, it's because of a newly identified defect in the embedded rail at Pioneer Square.

It's set to be repaired just before the Crosslake Connection opens, during the March 21-22 DSTT closure.

Here in West Seattle, some years ago a funeral home bought a billboard ad, "Don't drink and drive. But if you do....."

Dick Lorimor Five Corners Chevron in Edmonds, Wash. filled a few more tankfuls in 1971 by sponsoring our polyester baseball uniforms.

I don't want to be a vulnerable road user. I just want to get around.

Hong Kong real estate and housing, h/t @econreporter.bsky.social

FATAL CRASH: Woman trapped under car after hit by driver at Pine and Bellevue -- UPDATE: 2nd rescue reported on Broadway. Report by @jseattle.bsky.social: www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/02/vict...

Truth. I've been down that road.

In that sense, proofreading is like watching a pile of decaying nuclear waste. ;)

It is nice to see the new team taking a deep look, so to speak, at more efficient station shapes.

Can we call nine years of outreach a glidepath?

The Seattle Popular Monorail Authority is snickering from the netherworld. ($2.5 billion unbuilt project that actually had an experienced bid team, but $11 billion theoretical finance payments.)

Though a worthy effort, leaner stations shave only about 3% off the capital estimate. More innovations, and tough choices, will be needed.

Vehicle Barrier Plan for Pike Place Market Comes Into View » The Urbanist # SDOT's plan for adding barricades ahead of this summer's World Cup leans heavily on planters and movable barricades. While the infrastructure could ultimately form a template for longer-term upgrade...

NEW STORY // Vehicle Barrier Plan for Pike Place Market Comes Into View

By Ryan Packer via @urbanistorg.bsky.social

www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/13/v...

Hostile takes toward Bad Bunny make you wonder if America has lost that lovin' feeling.

Issaquah Pitches Case for Keeping Its Light Rail Line on Track » The Urbanist # The $5.6 billion to $6.3 billion light rail line between South Kirkland and Issaquah is currently set to open by 2044 but could see further delays. Newly elected Mayor Mark Mullet wants the project ...

The $5.6+ billion light rail line between South Kirkland and Issaquah is planned to open by 2044 but could see delays. Newly elected Mayor Mark Mullet wants the project to serve as an example of how to get creative in response to funding shortfalls.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/11/i...

The whole world except the United States knows about how to put crucial government services where everyone can get to them.

The crucial service marooned on an inaccessible hilltop culdesac, reachable only by car, is a uniquely USA idea.

(Chattanooga, TN, USA)

Crosslake Update: Welcome aboard Link test trains starting Feb. 14 | Sound Transit Here’s what you need to know about navigating the “simulated service” schedule on the 1 Line and 2 Line in the weeks leading up to Crosslake Connection opening

You've heard about "12 as 1." Today @soundtransit announced their "2 as 1" plan between Feb. 14 and March 27. www.soundtransit.org/blog/platfor...

In what is arguably the World's Best News, it looks like India is going to spend much less time in the "fossil fuel detour" than the US or China. It is moving much more directly to clean electrification.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

2014 Victory Parade celebration at Westlake Park. That is a LOT of Seahawks fans.

2014: Seattle was PACKED after the Seahawks won their first championship. We're expecting at 750,000+ visitors during tomorrow's Victory Parade. We urge you: walk, bike, bus, take the Sounder or light rail if you're coming to celebrate. Travel will be challenging, but worth it!

Post Apocalypse

People asked me this as long ago as 1990 when I was teaching English in China.

Tips for getting to the Seahawks Super Bowl parade The parade is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at Fourth Avenue and Washington Street and will head north along Fourth for 2 miles. It's expected to take about two hours.

A useful guide by @nickdeshais.bsky.social: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Actually, nearly all the property tax increases around Seattle are to keep up with ever-growing voter approved levies. But it's easy for new journalists, the public and even a few politicians to be confused. (TIL that Winnipeg is a real estate hothouse...)

Not too bad for Seattle, but there’s some real jealousy here of DC ridership growth!

Looks like somebody didn't want to drive only 20 in that school zone to the north ;)

WA man accused of killing National Guard member pleads not guilty

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is accused of opening fire on Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, in November of last year.

CVS already has one of those stores in Admiral ;)

Canada invoking its version of the 2nd Amendment, only for international relations.

What’s behind Seattle Convention Center’s woes? In the shaky years during and after the pandemic, the convention center's leaders spent nearly all the $200 million in reserves. Now they need help.

From the weekend: Seattle's shiny new convention center has basically no reserves, a very precarious place to be for a $3 billion campus. Attendance is up, but the cost of operating the new building means profits haven't followed. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...