Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Eastside

Seniors unleash bikeshare prank at Ballard High

It seems the seniors were busy last night. Teachers and staff arriving at Ballard High School this morning were stunned to find an army of Lime and Ofo bikes parked in nearly every available spot in the parking lot. These bikes...

Reuben’s creates ‘Good Hair Day’ brew for Rudy’s

Brewery collaborations are all the rage these days, and Reuben’s Brews has a unique one in store: a 25th anniversary beer for Rudy’s Barbershop called “Good Hair Day.” “While a beer partnership might seem unlikely for a barbershop, we’ve never...

Fatal house fire in North Beach

Tuesday update: Seattle Fire says a 77-year-old woman perished in the fire, and investigators ruled it was accidental. Updated: The Seattle Fire Department extinguished a house fire in the 2100 block of NW 96th St. this evening. Firefighters say...

City council to vote on head tax repeal

In a surprising about-face, Seattle City Council president Bruce Harrell has introduced an ordinance — for a vote in Tuesday’s council meeting — that would repeal the head tax. The announcement was followed by a statement this afternoon from Mayor...

A Cheap ST3 First Hill Study

“Virginia Mason Hospital and Pavilions” By Visitor7 , from Wikimedia CommonsIt appears we’re not going to get a formal study of building the Midtown Station on 8th Avenue, much less further up First Hill. However, a little searching can...

Ballard filmmakers win 7 Emmy awards, festival this Saturday night

The talented students at Ballard High School’s Digital Filmmaking Program took home the hardware at the regional Emmy awards. And just in time, too. The Ballard Film Festival is this Saturday at 7 p.m., and all are invited. Since filmmaking...

Podcast #61: Not Done Wailing

First Hill station is not to be (1:21) Electeds bail on First Hill the process rears its ugly head Napkin math analysis Backyard cottages (42:12) Single family rentals leveling off Pierce County & Lyft (50:21) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_061.mp3

East Link Photo Tour (Part 2: Bel-Red and Overlake)

The falsework for East Link’s future crossing of I-405 in Bellevue The third and final (for now) installment of our photo tours is here, and covers the most exciting and fastest-changing part of East Link. Continuing from Tuesday’s tour, the...

Pollution Fee and $30 Car Tabs Using Same Signature Gatherers

Smog Over Tacoma Harbor, photo courtesy National Archives and Records Administration / wikicommons Correction: The original post referred to a “carbon tax” in I-1631. The initiative actually refers to a “pollution fee”, a methodology different from the carbon tax...

A Few Words About Housing Supply

In response to several requests, this post is adapted from a recent Twitter thread that readers seemed to like, even though I impulsively started it during a break at work while irritated at some tweets. There’s a straw man that gets...
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