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Seattle Times transportation reporter. 🚌🚗🏄‍♂️⛴️🛹 ✈🚊🚴🚸🛶

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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
The @SeattlePD interim Chief Diaz announces new policy with the city attorney to arrest and prosecute property damage suspects, starting with today’s expected protest.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
So this slow drive happened Saturday in the new Aurora Avenue bike lane. A runner was in front of the car.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
Pro photographer snapped 1,000 portraits of passengers while the M/V Walla Walla beached. via @seattletimes
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
Dim Sum King was wearing visible yellow and red, but still was hit by a motorist. via @seattletimes
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Mike Lindblom
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
In the absence of consistent bus-lane enforcement, transit riders in Seattle take to the street.
@heidigroover
Heidi Groover
5 years
In an ode to the woman who went semi-viral over the weekend telling drivers to get out of the bus lane, a group is here at 6th and Olive flagging cars out of the bus lane and thanking bus drivers
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
U District Station has a closed escalator on Day One (and a staircase nearby).
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
An iconic view down Seattle's Post Alley, now that the crossing Alaskan Way Viaduct ramp is gone ( @wsdot photo).
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
7 months
Kind a miracle so many salmon show up for a tiny swath of rebuilt urban beach. Go salmon.
@wsferries
Washington State Ferries
7 months
Salmon were recently spotted swimming at the new Habitat Beach. The Seattle Multimodal Ferry Terminal at Colman Dock Project has helped to restore salmon habitat around the facility, particularly north of the dock, where we opened 180 feet of shoreline where a bulkhead once sat.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
@jibbajibbs @RealSkipBayless All skill for sure. Watch the replay again. Suggs is on balance, in rhythm, shooting a clean jump shot, knew was going to drive half the floor and pull up.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
A bike snowman in NE Seattle, picture by @SeaTimesFotoKen :
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
Seattle was Dying in 2019, so it only makes sense we became a Ghost Town in 2020.
@NBCNews
NBC News
4 years
Seattle a 'ghost town' as residents face uncertainty of growing coronavirus outbreak.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
New Washington law caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $100 per month via @KING5Seattle
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
That black disc is an experimental device for @KirklandWAPD to detect loud cars such as street racers, in a test of technology starting this month.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
West Seattle Bridge - @MayorJenny announces cracking and a new concern it "cannot safely support vehicular traffic at this time" and it closes tonight to all traffic, pending further assessments. Normally carries >100k daily travelers.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
Fun fact. Washington state has 500 ballot drop boxes, the @secstatewa told @KIRO7Seattle news. [In addition to a stable mail voting system.] #Election2020
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
@yfreemark Wow $450m/mile and no tunnel or elevated?
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
My wife suffered a heart attack three weeks ago. She was admitted to “the last hospital bed in Seattle” (a relatively COVID-savvy area). The medical pros didn’t blame delta, but a nursing shortage due to 2020 burnout and retirements.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
Cars blocking the ski slope. Be considerate and drive (or park) on other routes please.
@Qagggy
Qagggy!
3 years
QUEEN ANNE SKI REPORT: A foot of new powder on a concrete base.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
A little newslet - After a long time neutral or distant from the debate, Uwajimaya just endorsed the Union Station/4th Ave. S #ST3 station site based on "better connectivity" in the area.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
@denisagar Vancouver SkyTrain's first line is already 38 years old, so calling it "modern" unwittingly shows the backward condition of rail transit in other regions of North America, especially New York.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
A bicyclist (obscured by tape) has died in a crash next to West Seattle low bridge. Police investigation underway. No sign of the vehicle or driver nearby.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
Air was fun while it lasted.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
My greatest mortality risk this year isn't approaching age 60, it's the Westlake/Denny intersection.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
A surprising figure: the massive @kcmetrobus fleet produces only 0.26% of carbon emissions in King County. Auditors say electrification needs to be funded without cutting bus-service hours, or folks will switch to dirtier personal cars.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
The @seattledot installed bike lane markers here on East Marginal Way South.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
@phillyTRU If the US were adequately prepared, the police could have just handed this fellow a free mask.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Literary inspiration amid West Seattle's bridge mess.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Today’s #NBA reminder: when a 3-point shot comes “from downtown,” that phrase was popularized by “Downtown” Fred Brown of your @SeattleSonics circa 1978 before the 3 line existed. The father of @donaldwatts24 can vouch for this.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 months
I paid $2.66 for gasoline last night in Seattle ($3.66 without loyalty code) so are we still cheesed off about the carbon tax?
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
7 years
@LawrenceKS_PD @Fahrenthold If you vomit into the bag, that also contraindicates your fitness to drive.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
It's not really a climate neutral venue, unless the fans can arrive via clean power or walk-bike.
@GovInslee
Governor Jay Inslee
3 years
Climate Pledge Arena is not just an arena, it is the start of an international movement to bring sustainability to arenas worldwide. I love seeing this sign atop the building I called the Coliseum back when we played basketball with peach baskets.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
Tim Eyman says in @SoundTransit public comment session that he will run for governor against Jay Inslee in 2020 — and has mic cut off by board chairman Marchione, under their longstanding rule against campaigning at public comment.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Tsunami at Alki
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Mike Lindblom
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
Minutes later, a driver realized they were in the wrong lane, and reversed out of it.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
That one dark square in Washington state is Adams County where 300 people attended a superspreader wedding.
@RepDonBeyer
Rep. Don Beyer
3 years
Very, very bad. Please wear a mask.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
@jayrosen_nyu Ask it differently: "What are you doing to ensure there will be free, fair and open elections on Nov. 3?"
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
This suggestion trickling in today: if the trails are getting too full for #socialdistancing , maybe @CityofSeattle @KingCountyWA could open golf courses for nature walkers, or reserve lakefront roads for ped/bike.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
Friday night discussion: If DC wins statehood then Washington state should change our name to Tahoma.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Nine lanes now open on the waterfront.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Some new community suggested concepts floating around tonight at @SoundTransit Chinatown International District #st3 forum. To me the most intriguing (cost unknown) is a direct Lumen Field Station.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Bicyclists gather near the spot Robb Mason was killed by a hit and run driver July 15 next to West Seattle low bridge.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
23 days
I’m at the Redmond Technology Station bridge opening ceremony. Here’s a novel feature - those white canopies have negative peaks that drain into planter boxes.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
A problem with the nine-lane Alaskan Way is that while I walked across at Jackson, a van driver turned left on solid green between me and the bus traveler walking behind me.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
One-way grocery aisles in a Seattle store.
@GordonWerner
Gordon Werner - only 3% 🤖
4 years
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
Mr. Young writes a graduate level political science lesson in 12 words.
@DerekMYoung
Derek Young
3 years
I cannot believe we have an effective vaccine and are discussing triage.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
Seattle hasn't improved this stretch of roadside in 50 years, though hundreds of new apartments and condos make Aurora walkways more essential.
@BrittneyBush
Glizzy McGuire
4 years
. @GordonOfSeattle showed me this image yesterday and I can't stop thinking about it. I can't even close the tab. This family having to walk on the shoulder of a multi-lane highway cutting through the heart of our north end is everything we're trying to fix in safe streets work.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Approximately 45 people on this @kcmetrobus . Those I can see are 100% masked on this morning of government confusion.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
‘The cars just disappeared’: What happened to the 90,000 cars a day the viaduct carried before it closed? via @seattletimes
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
The new @soundtransit U District, Roosevelt and Northgate stations will open Oct. 2, agency leaders just announced. More to come @STtrafficlab later today.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
9 months
People want to ride rail transit in Seattle when doable. The NB train arrived with about 500 passengers at Capitol Hill despite (because of?) the reduced frequency and a recent signal outage.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
A handmade safety sign in South Park.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
I was driving my car earlier today and lost about 10 seconds slowing behind a bicyclist, or 1/3 the time it takes to tweet.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 months
Happy Tuesday. I just shouted “whoa!” and saved a young woman from getting hit by a driver running through a red light. NB Westlake across Denny. #VisionZero #learntodrive
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
8 months
Alex Tsimerman, who begins his testimony @soundtransit saying "Sieg Heil" to mock boardmembers, was handed a 90-day suspension notice banning him from public comment, on order of @kcexec who cited some agency bylaw #s .
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Big news. The right lane of Aurora Avenue North will be converted into a bicycle lane on the west side of the lake.
@seattledot
Seattle Department of Transportation
2 years
This month, we expect to begin construction on the Green Lake Outer Loop project that will complete the outer biking path around Green Lake by connecting to the new bike lanes we built in 2021 around the northern, eastern, & southern edges of the park:
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
RapidRide is just not rapid enough today, and the game plan from local governments appears to be let this 75-rider bus crawl in general traffic until 2032 or 2034 or whenever.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
It's going down today:
@SounderBruce
Bruce Englehardt
5 years
The last real piece of the viaduct.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
@SoundTransit @JoshuaTufts @JessedHagopian @Taylor_Soper Warnings should be fallback, not discretion. Or not even "warnings," but just say, "Okay, make sure to stop by the office and get your ORCA today, thanks for riding."
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
6 years
Took 30 minutes for RapidRide to cross downtown, despite no special incidents. The city is simply not providing reliable corridor and that’s before Viaduct closure diverts 25k riders to Pioneer Square surface streets.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
As US news orgs cut staff, here's a Friday shoutout to @seattletimes newsdesk editor Angela Lo, who saved me this week from three mistakes, on the #99tunnel beat I've covered for a decade. We need these pros. cc @Poynter
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
It took a few years, but this exotic bus-only turn signal allows @kcmetrobus to drop off riders next to UW Station, instead of having to walk over or across Montlake Blvd. #donghoing
@dongho_chang
Dongho Chang
4 years
Fresh Elmo underneath. Bus left turn signal and Route 255 at Husky Stadium.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
What we learned last weekend: Seattle transit riders, especially @UW students, will fill a public #transit vehicle if they trust that fellow travelers are masked/vaxxed.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
3 years
"Symphony Station" is back on the table as a new name for @soundtransit 's downtown University Street Station, at a cost of $800k for software and safety documentation updates. Last time this debate came up, some 14,000 people gave opinions online.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
If we encouraged people to prepare for #realign99 congestion and they prepare, does that mean the newspaper bungled? I think not.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
@Vanna_Orecchio Mostly right, except "WashDOT" is preferred by everyone I know under 70 years old, including the agency's own staff.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
New York City, doing its part to keep Seattle's @SoundTransit @kcmetrobus escalator failures in perspective:
@DustinGodevais
Dustin Godevais 🌖
5 years
@MTA court st R station #fixyourshit
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
1 year
@USCGPacificNW Click on #2 when the boat and man are tossed "over the falls" as surfers say.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Westlake Station: Once-public exits into Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, the mall, and Macy's (still says macy's) locked. I helped visitors from MN backtrack and exit via @SeattleMonorail elevator to 5th Ave. Another 5th Avenue elevator is gated. Metro service counter still abandoned.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
When I become king of @kcmetrobus there will be no more heat aboard and folks can just keep our winter clothes on.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
A hit-and-run driver killed my husband — please slow down. (by Claudia Mason, whose husband was killed by a hit-and-run driver July 15 next to the WS swing bridge) via @seattletimes
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Kraken fan Nadia Popovici lauded for pointing out Canucks equipment manager Brian Hamilton's cancerous mole during game. Story by ⁦ @Marisa_Ingemi
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
2 years
Charles Lindblom, free student pass to ride Seattle Transit, 1949.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
4 years
Happy July from comfortably cool West Seattle. I have a bridge to sell you.
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@MikeLindblom
Mike Lindblom
5 years
The @soundtransitCEO just announced they will quit calling its light-rail corridor the "Red Line" in March. People said it sounded like "Redlining," the historic practice of denying home loans or residency to black families in parts of Seattle and many cities.
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