Ryan Packer
@typewriteralley
Pedestrian Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor Transportation advocate Probably covering a random public meeting (they-them) 📍Puget Sound
Labeling basic maintenance on elevators and escalators at the Central Library as "improved elevator access" is WILD
The project on the left is completely through environmental review and is approved to move into construction and the project on the right needs more environmental analysis, everything is working great.
Had a lovely time visiting the alma mater of Marie Glusenkamp Perez and @qagggy.bsky.social for a theater performance this evening.
Sound Transit confirms that it shattered its one-day ridership record on July 6 with the U.S. vs Belgium match. 309,000 riders pressed onto Link trains that day. 5.4 MILLION riders used Link during the entirety of June, easily clearing the previous monthly ridership record.
SEPA when you want to grow by one million people in a sustainable and compact way:
Monday is going to be a huge day: Pierce Transit is set to send a funding measure to voters for the first time since 2012. The added funding would dramatically improve transit service in Tacoma and environs after the agency has had a stagnant funding rate in place since 2002.
The Ballard Coalition does a victory lap in the wake of its Missing Link victory at the Court of Appeals, taking a shot at "well-heeled bicycle lobbyists." "This is just one round in an ongoing fight to protect our community," attorney Josh Brower says of a fight against a 1.4 mile bike trail.
We're all voting yes on Prop 1 this month to make sure we can give our Central Library escalators and elevators some TLC, right?
Seattle Fire just responded to a driver hitting someone walking at Queen Anne Ave N and Mercer Street. The person who was hit was transported to the hospital.
It's SEPA all the way down, folks. www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
Over at Hing Hay, people are in fact kickin' it in the CID The crowd has spilled into King Street, which bizarrely is still open to cars right now
Somehow I had never seen this Imogen Cunningham photo of Pike Place Market in 1949 showing signs trying to entice pedestrians to come through the Sanitary Market by advertising a shortcut to the streetcars.
I believe we should be doing all we can to encourage more storefronts that are narrower than a single car length.
Lime Kiln state park may truly be the most beautiful place I have ever visited.
Made it to the ferry terminal! But I missed the ferry by five minutes lol
Lots of folks making the connection to Mount Vernon at Everett Station. Plus a coffee shop AND a restroom? Getting pampered here.
Plenty of time to grab a coffee at Lynnwood Station. I mean, a coffee shop AT the train station? What will they think of next.
Time to embark on what's becoming an annual summer tradition: getting to the San Juan Islands via public transit.
I'm afraid the legislature is going to need to intervene when it comes to unfunded inclusionary zoning. In Seattle, the coalitions can't come to agreement on MHA reform, and in places like Bainbridge Island IZ is being used as a bludgeon by anti-growth electeds.