Taipei has names instead of numbers for some bus routes on Google Maps (Chongqing Main Line). Then the bus head sign is written only in Chinese with an accompanying route number that isn't listed on Maps! This has caused us to miss our bus on three separate occasions.

My latest for The Urbanist! Urbanists like Victor Steinbrueck have been discussing pedestrianizing The Ave since the '70s. Fifty-plus years later--after a pandemic that made people value outdoor spaces more, and the advent of light rail in the U District--could it finally happen?

Some pics from a Hong Kong suburb.

'npm' doesn't stand for 'Node Package Manager'.
It stands for 'npm Is Not An Acronym'.
Why not 'NINAA'? Because then it would be an acronym.

This is Dow Constantine's bus service. 'to better align with the city's goals' lmao

For the most part, most of these designs would transform Aurora into a proper dense neighborhood street. Nice work, SDOT & Spotts.

Seattle gave up on fighting climate change today.

Concentrating so much housing growth in the south end is what causes displacement and gentrification. There should be way more blue areas in rich neighborhoods.

Seems bad

Balducci: “Some of those decisions are harder. Recently we’re having a very difficult discussion about what to do in the CID [Chinatown International District], and the option that we’re talking about right now doesn’t work great regionally, I’ll just be honest with you.”

why does everyone have these awesome screens on their buses now except King County Metro 🚏

This location is along a stretch where there is no marked crosswalk across the state highway for 0.8 miles.

Northgate Link was an expensive project but damn, it was probably one of the best extensions we will have to the system for a long time.

does anyone know why there are Des Moines Police cars roaming around UW

Constituents have decided to sit in at Adam Smiths office in demand of a #CeasefireNOW

I think a harm of online activism is the 'THIS IS ACTUALLY EASY' argument.

I've seen lots of folks indicate that a single billionaire could solve homelessness, or that there are 30x more houses than homeless people so we could just give them all houses.

These words are…

[email protected] Mayor Bruce Harrell Yes, here's one:

twitter.com/seattledot/sta…

[email protected] Mayor Bruce Harrell We tried that strategy for 70+ years.

There's a problem that everyone in Seattle (both people that do and don't drive) encounters as the city grows.

Geometry.

The property manager at the building we're in the middle of signing a lease at 'is no longer working' at the building and we're now dealing with the manager. She seemed really great. Bad sign?

I believe this is the first time Sound Transit - 🚆 🚈 🚍 has had accurate realtime information, including on signage, during a temporary service disruption. Despite the frustrating delays, the new PIMS system seems to be showing its abilities finally. Pics from new signs @ Columbia City