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@gnu2 no argument there. I think some of your ideas of who benefit from walking, biking and transit improvements and who works are misplaced.

@gnu2 Hippie?!? I’m no scholar of American history in the mid-20th century, but I don't remember a call to supplant gas taxes with a road usage charge being part of the youth counterculture movement at that time. Though to be fair, I wasn't born yet so maybe I missed it.

Wow, just checked in on the public hearing for this. Republicans and other opponents have gotten about 20,000 people to sign in against it. I thought it might not be popular, but yikes. https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?selectedCommittee=31651&selectedMeeting=32709

Proposed WA road usage fee would add permanent fund for walking, biking and transit

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/13/proposed-wa-road-usage-fee-would-add-permanent-fund-for-walking-biking-and-transit/

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Bill would allow cities to create ‘shared streets’ with walk/bike priority and 10mph speed limits

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/11/bill-would-allow-cities-to-create-shared-streets-with-walk-bike-priority-and-10mph-speed-limits/

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Biking Uphill in the Rain is the cover story for Pacific NW Magazine

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/09/biking-uphill-in-the-rain-is-the-cover-story-for-pacific-nw-magazine/

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Today is a beautiful day to vote for social housing in Seattle! Vote YES and 1A! Ballots are due Tuesday. You won’t get as many reminders as you did in November. https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/01/24/endorsement-vote-yes-on-prop-1a-to-fund-social-housing-in-seattle/

Pinehurst/Roosevelt paving project ‘may’ include bike lane upgrade + Meeting Feb 12

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/06/pinehurst-roosevelt-paving-project-may-include-bike-lane-upgrade-meeting-feb-12/

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City begins work on Bell Street bike lanes to connect to the waterfront + We still need a safer Western Ave

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/05/city-begins-work-on-bell-street-bike-lanes-to-connect-to-the-waterfront-we-still-need-a-safer-western-ave/

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Once upon a time, Google claimed to want to stop SEO scams b/c their engineers realized that flooding search results with paid-for garbage (now mostly AI slop) would be bad for their users and the web as a whole. But then they realized that they had no real competition in search, & so long as people kept buying AdSense & AdWords ads they would make bike loads of money. So they let SEO parasites ruin search for everyone. (PS, a “bike load” is a lot. Ask your neighborhood cargo bike enthusiast)

I get emails every day from SEO scammers, & I report them all as spam. But this one jumped out at me because it spells out the scam so clearly. They would like to give me money to publish a story they write with links to their clients' sites, but they want to make sure it is not marked as an ad.

Just updated the Seattle Bike Blog 404 page with an appropriate image. https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/404 Bonus points go to anyone who can identify the location.

@ohmu @Andres4NY Look, we don’t have enough time to list ALL the underwhelming and disappointing Democratic Senators.

WA Senators split vote on Trump’s Transportation Secretary

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/01/30/wa-senators-split-vote-on-trumps-transportation-secretary/

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Endorsement: Vote YES on Prop 1A to fund social housing in Seattle

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/01/24/endorsement-vote-yes-on-prop-1a-to-fund-social-housing-in-seattle/

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@ai6yr I've been tying to serve as a lifeboat captain to help folks and the bike community move together so that we don't lose those connections. It's been diminishing returns on that effort for months as pretty much everyone has either left or has accounts in multiple places. I decided I don't need to do it anymore.

Today's story analyzing the Fremont Bridge bike counts is the first ever Seattle Bike Blog story in our 14.5 years of existence that I am not posting about on Dead Twitter. That's 4,346 story headlines posted to that site since 2010. It's over.

20 months after passage, strengthened negligent driving law now in effect in Washington State

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/01/06/20-months-after-passage-strengthened-negligent-driving-law-now-in-effect-in-washington-state/

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Alert: It is once again time to voice overwhelming support for a safer Lake Washington Blvd

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/12/05/alert-it-is-once-again-time-to-voice-overwhelming-support-for-a-safer-lake-washington-blvd/

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The New York Times is giving a murder their “both-sides” treatment. What the hell is the matter with you?!? Someone kills a person with their car, and your reaction is to be like, “Some people think murder is bad, but others don’t like bike lanes, so 🤷♂️.”