Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.4 RELEASE

Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.4 – dated 30 August 2024 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 1.4, a pasteup of Greater Northshore, City of Seattle, 2 Line Eastside Bike Connector, and a little bit of King County Regional Trails to get us all the way to the south end of Lake Washington.

New in this release:

• New data type: 1 Line Link Light Rail stations are now mapped, both on Greater Northshore and the MEGAMAP! They allow bikes onboard, so count as bike infrastructure. (Note that all 1 Line stations north of Seattle proper open on August 30th, not before.)
• Added several street names, particularly around 1 Line rail stations, for better wayfinding
• Cleaned up other street names where bike infrastructure overlaid KCGIS labels
• NEW SEATTLE ROUTE: New MLK bike lanes from north of S. Winthrop all the way up two blocks north of I-90. Seattle’s big map doesn’t have this yet, but mine does, Greater Northshore Megamap FTW ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
• Upgraded block connection on 68th between Bothell Way and NE 181st/Remington in Kenmore to Sharrow after upgraded street painting
• “Very Bumpy” advisory removed from Shoreline Interurban Trailhead due to repaving, thank you wildjo on Github for the contribution
• Re-added very short trail exit from Shoreline Interurban Trailhead that got lost somehow in a previous map revision
• Added two more short starter sections of what will become the “Trail Along the Rail” in Shoreline, and adjusted exact ending point of the largest section already on the map, thank you https://social.ridetrans.it/@bobco85 on Mastodon for the contribution

Here’s today’s Seattle Times article about the new stations, too. First train leaves Lynnwood (CORRECTION) around 12:30pm on the first day.

See you at the opening!

ps: my patreon, if you feel like throwing some change at the jar. I mean, I’ll keep doing this regardless, but you know. ^_^

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I can’t believe I have to go off again about eX-twitter already

Remember yesterday’s post, wherein I said organising on Xitter (X, formerly Twitter) is a very bad idea, because it will not be there for anyone but the fash if things go south this election time?

Remember that?

Trump has a very bad story out today about how he and his team physically forced their way around an Arlington National Cemetery staffer to shoot a promotional video in violation of not just rules and military decorum but every even minimal sense of decency.

And X is marking links to stories about the incident as “spammy or unsafe” and says they may infect your computer, and putting up an interstitial urging you not to follow the link if you try.

Presumably Elon’s stopping your computer from getting the “woke mind virus” in his mind, but regardless: this will stop the vast majority of people from reading the story.

Meanwhile, he promotes literal Nazis.

If things go south, the site will not be there for you in November. Organising there is not a viable option. It is, frankly, insane.

You have two months to move yourself and your followers to another platform. If you’re still on there, get to work.

67 days remain.

eta: here’s a story on it wherein X admits they did this but – as they do every time they’re caught doing this – they say it was not intentional. Sure, Jan. Just like every other time you got caught.

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