Recent posts by Active Transportation Advocates on Bluesky

"you should play nicer music with your posts, more people would like it" This was advice given to me on another site 😀😂 Yeah you really don't know me. I would rather have an amazing (to me) tune and 0 likes than music I don't enjoy and 10,000 likes.

The Ask poster in action. 🔥🔥

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Embodying the principles of directness and attractiveness, Amsterdam’s Nesciobrug—floating 11m above and 780m across the Amsterdam–Rijnkanaal—is the longest non-motorised bridge in the Netherlands, and a shining example of what’s possible when cities don’t allow the car to dictate their priorities.🧵

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My latest video: A 340-metre-long cycling bridge with a name to match its curves; Anaconda in Lelystad turns 20. I went to see how this striking structure, and its smaller neighbour, have aged in the Netherlands’ youngest province. www.youtube.com/watch?v=puHG...

Canada is statistically the second safest country in the world for travel in relation to violent crime, and is the fifth safest country in the world overall. Japan takes the top spot, with Belgium in 3rd. Via @cultmtl.com Comments?

'don't let ezra klein analyze what happened here' jamaal doing punditry properly.

“Let’s not pop the champagne quite yet. History has taught us this is precisely when Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse…Trump is already plotting his next moves. Here’s what we all need to prepare for.” Via @marcelias.bsky.social

IMPORTANT: “Let’s not pop the champagne quite yet. History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse…Trump is already plotting his next moves. Here’s what we all need to prepare for.”

With around ten million people, LA County is larger than most states. I wonder what other local government services could be developed as public software!

Last night’s election results, in a nutshell. (watching this legitimately made me laugh out loud)

According to building management, the Samsung washing machine in my two-year old unit had a core component break. Your friendly reminder to just buy a Speed Queen!

73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.

My take? @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social is still the favorite. Until we have Thursday drop data (assuming it is election day dropbox data), we have no good reason to think otherwise, even if we do have reason to FEEL nervous. rondezvouswa.com/p/katie-wils...

All of the fuss about a Canadian Conservative MP “defecting” to the Liberal Govt is tiring in its hypocrisy. As someone said today, it’s a “selfish betrayal” if it hurts your party, and “selfless patriotism” if it helps your party. There really should be more consequences for obvious hypocrisy.

#waroncars

Re-upping this one today.

Epically pathetic bending of the knee to Trump by a famously corrupt organization.

Still one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen - aerial view of Central Park in Manhattan, #NewYorkCity.

Top of the Q&A at Town Hall tonight

This makes me wonder if the ratio of promises/realized benefits ratio with data centers in rural places is similar to prisons. This doc is largely about my hometown - I wonder if we'll see a data center version soon? youtu.be/-BALJXq5mIg?...

the 2028 ticket

@brooklynspoke.bsky.social says cars are now banned in manhattan 💪💪💪

If reversing the fertility decline were my thing, I would have this tattooed on my forehead.

TODAY: “U.S. Supreme Court justices question Trump’s sweeping use of tariffs.” This is a no-win situation for Trump. His abuse of illegal/unconstitutional tariffs is so indefensible, that if SCOTUS sides with him anyway, it’s more obvious proof of their corruption. And if they don’t, he’s done.

Google Maps is a more impressive achievement than any given physical wonder of the world, in my opinion.

it’s actually absurd that people who consider themselves progressives are still siding with the Staten Island Republican Party over Zohran on the pro-housing ballot measures

I found the enlistment center. @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Sold out! Amazing to see in person.

There's lot of challenged ballots in Seattle. Challenged ballots disproportionately skew younger with over half from people under age 45.

There's lot of challenged ballots in Seattle. Most are from people under age 55. It's worth checking with King County Elections that your ballot was counted. If not, you can probably cure ballot so that it is counted. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

TARIFFS ARE A TAX ON THE BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THAT LEVIES THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

If you want to see some wild election data, here's the breakdown for mail, email/fax, and drop box ballot returns in King County. Over 64% of ballots were returned by drop box this cycle with 185,983 ballots returned that way yesterday alone.

Just another day of vehicular violence in car dependent America. Good thing this wasn't an ebike or the community would be in an uproar.

With a title like “How to be a good pedestrian — it’s harder than you think,” there was a good chance I was going to hate this. I thought I’d see if there was even ONE word about being a good DRIVER. Nope. Not one. The Oscar for car-brain & victim blaming goes to… www.khon2.com/top-stories/...

I have a mini plan for the future of the O-Train network and its very satisfying. Includes: -Rail from airport to downtown -L2 Electrification -Trans Ottawa River Rail -Speed Improvements -Screen Doors and Automation -0 New tunnels

My 13 year old chomps into Advil gelcaps for fun, I just learned. “Yuck I forgot these ones are spicy.” 🤦‍♂️

New episode of Break in Case of Emergency podcast: @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social, @1alexhemingway.bsky.social & I break down the federal budget & the thin gruel that is the Climate Competitiveness Strategy. Have a listen 👇 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Ahhh Mt Dennis also on map

what race? race to where? the race metaphor is almost as bad as the intelligence metaphor. Even if I thought this stuff was real, there's no network effect, there's no lock-in, there's no first-mover advantage, even if you have a super magical efficient model, that doesn't mean you have a product.

Spectacular venue for our live event in Seattle with @nerd4cities.bsky.social tonight. @townhallseattle.bsky.social

Guyana City, a midsized city in eastern Venezuela that you've never heard of, has a larger population than the entire nation of Guyana.

Stay cozy while the bubble pops. www.mulebooks.com/store/fuck-a...

Hey Seattle: 1. Given that Wilson was the solid frontrunner, I sure hope this isn’t a case of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory… I’m nervous for you. 2. Why does it take so long to count ballots and confirm results in your city? Signed, a concerned neighbour.

Mr Beast will have a very tough time preying on people’s desperation to get into his games if our basic needs are all met. Of course he hates this…

trump to america: you're grounded!

A significant % of my walls of books on better cities were published by @islandpress.bsky.social! I think VERY HIGHLY of @hboyer.bsky.social & IP, who are doing a HUGE service to the understanding of better cities with books by @humantransit.bsky.social, @modacitylife.com and so many more friends!

To the Fox News viewers out there, I’m really, truly fascinated by this. They so CLEARLY think that you’re gullible suckers who will buy anything they say. I mean, ANYTHING. Are you really ok with that?

oh hey how does he feel about social housing

It’s easy to be a good pedestrian. What’s hard is for news outlets to address the systemic solutions to traffic violence.

We recorded the latest episode of Seattle Nice this morning, before today's ballot drop widened Mayor Bruce Harell's lead over Katie Wilson by about 7,000 votes, but our analysis still stands: We don't know wtf is going to happen in the Seattle mayor's race, but we have our theories!

This is city planner @lindseyboylan.bsky.social. She was the 1st whistleblower to bravely come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Andrew Cuomo. 12 others joined her. Cuomo resigned as Governor. His “comeback” never should have been enabled. She earned this moment more than most.

Excellent analysis www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

Remember Severance? That was a good show.

The latest batch of ballots in the Seattle mayor's race is trending toward Harrell, but (and?) turnout seems exceptionally low. According to King County Elections, they've received ballots from just 38% of voters, which is much lower than a typical mayoral general election.

Rewriting that…Wednesday and Thursday reveal little. Friday reveals much. Still requires unusual results for Bruce to win.

Wednesday drops are typically not great for progs,; this is not an emergency. I think I went backward too, and still swang ten points. Katie as well in the primary. We need at least Friday before we have a real sense of the magnitude, but again, you’d have to have an anomaly for a Harrell win.

the CIC is about reducing seattle's power in the region and expanding carbon emissions and VMTs... it tracks our climate denying mayor would be 'honored' by this

Nice. #Vancouver

This is not unusual on the Wednesday vote. Idk why—maybe it’s a mail counting day. In fact in the primary, the same thing happened. And then she surged, like progressives do. Katie should still win, barring a quite anomalous Thursday/Friday/Monday.

We were on New Day NW on King 5 in Seattle this morning talking about LIFE AFTER CARS, bringing the message to local daytime TV viewers.

As my passion for Dutch 🇳🇱 cycling grew, so did my little shadow. Through all the moves and all the new bikes, she was my constant, curious inspector. ​It’s so quiet without her. I miss her terribly. I love you, Zoey.

I'm likin' the vibe in Gotham! Zohran Mamdani, #Straphanger Mayor of #NYC. The latest @newyorker.com cover by Edel Rodriguez. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...

In the King County Executive race, Zahilay's vote share grew to 50.56% and Balducci's shrunk to 48.17% in the latest tally.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell gained another point on progressive challenger Katie Wilson in today's ballot drop, which added about ~21,000 ballots. She trails by 8 points. Expected bigger counts tomorrow and Friday, which are typically more progressive-favoring. Comeback still possible.

In some far future America, our descendants are amazed that we allowed private freight train companies to just block major city streets for unlimited amounts of time, with trains that weren't even moving. (SE 11th Ave. in Portland).

In the latest tally, Bruce Harrell's lead has grown by 2,864 votes. He now leads with 53.84% of the vote. King County counted another 20,804 votes in the mayoral race today, bringing the total number of ballots counted to 139,173. Today's batch broke 56.71% for Harrell and 42.94% for Katie Wilson.

Lol: bsky.app/profile/seat...

I will say, everything in this SLI is stuff @seattledot.bsky.social should have done already. They don't need the council to tell them or authorize any of the steps listed. SDOT could have started this in July and it would be done by now.

In a Life After Cars, bookstores in super rainy climates would have plastic bags. (Luckily I made it home before the book got totally soaked. Looking forward to getting my booked signed tonight at @thewaroncars.bsky.socialSeattle event!)

everyone breaking their vows to never again stan a politician

Police Chief Shon Barnes Fires Two of SPD's Top Civilian Staff The two longtime SPD command staff were reportedly shut out of major decisions in favor of Barnes' inner circle. publicola.com/2025/11/05/p...

Regarding Prime Minister Carney’s federal budget: I don’t pretend to fully know it, and there are elements that concern me, but if I were the NDP I’d pledge to support it if a significant investment in urban public transit (nation-building, climate etc) was added, and if I were PM Carney I’d agree.

I saw that other video, but I totally missed that the mayor-elect rapped on the soundtrack of a Disney movie directed by his mother based on an ESPN article about a girl in Uganda who became a chess champion. This is delightful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1O...

Some interesting reading material

Reflective of an unambitious plan that doesn’t even appear to be thought out

We asked people at Zohran Mamdani's victory party about what they're hoping the mayor-elect will do for their commutes once he's in office. youtube.com/shorts/ziDav...

this building's floorplate is nearly half as wide as the typical new build in seattle today www.baunetz-architekten.de/studiovlay/8...

do you know how many high quality affordable, climate adaptive homes we could build with $700B? almost 6 million. we would solve our housing crises.

Did the Grade 9 meet the teachers and things are wild: "If you wanna go to this school, have to get into this stream, then take these classes to ensure the right path - so it's important to pick the right grade 10 courses for the future of your child - and we need to do that in a few weeks"

outgoing seattle mayor bruce harrell: 'i heard bikes - i wont lead with bikes!'

NEW // Harrell Vows to Block ICE Overreach, but Plan Lacks Teeth Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/h...

Be the change you want to see.

Interesting that GOs new maps have our new rapid transit lines* on them, this is good and a reminder that Metrolinx actually has good way finding on the stuff they control

the best rendition of this quote is from an immigrant youtu.be/SmKkhXiLPUM?...

You can also check out the Stockholm syndrome apologists for the petrostate of Norway in response to this post of mine: bsky.app/profile/ianw...

taking your healthcare, taking your money with tariffs, taking your food with SNAP cuts, and now taking you from your loved ones when's the general strike?

nate silver: 'as we’ve seen over the past few months, Blueskyist attitudes aren’t actually winning out in the “marketplace of ideas”' whoops!

everyone was talking about the inevitable bailout, so a backstop is a pre-bailout right?

This is good, but I’m not sure why they’ve called it equitable frequent service. It’s literally just better service.

It took long enough but we finally have the first ever WordArt president

there are a number of market rate multifamily buildings for sale in seattle right now, and with construction and permits cratering, being marketed as: 'potential for future rent growth is strong under current market conditions... since the pandemic, submarket rents have surged over 20%'

doing battle with my local briefcase boy MP on twitter dot com

Always awesome to see work out in the world and being used by such fantastic people!

There’s a very common thing happening right now where the farther a pundit or Very Important Thinker lives from New York the more ridiculous their take on Mamdani’s victory becomes.

Christian Nationalists, MAGA and the GOP will absolutely try to take away women’s right to vote. Zero doubt.

"No wonder Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Ben Furnas called Mamdani's election 'a generational opportunity to create a city where everyone can get around quickly, safely, and affordably, and with dignity.'"

Kitchen table issues and freedom!

is it just papered on straight from the home office printer?