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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 11h

Homeowners insurance prices is going to leave much of Florida uninhabitable within 10-15 years. I don't think your estimation is far off.

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 2d

And here I thought Westlake was too big

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 3d

You're right about an abundance of people make a place feel safe, but I don't know what that has to do with security officers on transit.

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 3d

as being safe if we want to increase ridership.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 3d

Something that really frustrates me about this conversation is that urbanists constantly beat the drum on safety (accurately, FWIW - transit is very safe), but fail to miss the point that security like this makes many people feel safer and likely boosts ridership. Feeling safe is just as important..

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 3d

Buses, unlike rail, are diffuse. There are 100s of them operating across the county from early in the morning until late at night. So it would be nice to have some evidence that distributing a couple hundred security guards across the system makes people "safer" before investing additional millions.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 8d

Better make our stacked flats a little harder to build.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 8d

4-bed homes in an apartment building is so unheard of. Thank you for your service!

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 9d

Better build another freeway for the eastsiders

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 9d

Parks N Rec was a documentary, not a mockumentary

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 10d

Of course - the questions were about whether the future bricks will be real or thin (facade) bricks. There was also talk about pavement quality, concrete, and whether "pictures of produce"
would be allowed in windows.

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 9d

How soon until @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social is mayor and we can get a new head of SDOT?

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 9d

NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/01/w...

What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One » The Urbanist

# The City of Seattle will be removing an East Union Street bus only lane set aside for the Route 2 this weekend, ceding to requests from nearby property owners who have complained about traffic chang...

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 9d

We have pre-approved plans for ADUs in Seattle. They’re *fine* but our topography and tree ordinances make them hard to work in many instances.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 15d

Urbanists forget that a lot of people outside this bubble really want fare gates and more fare enforcement. It feels crappy paying for a service that 8/10 people around you aren’t paying for.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 15d

12th Ave bike lane through Cap Hill, CD and Little Saigon connecting to Beacon Hill would be so nice

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 15d

I’ve never understood the argument against them. Like, oh no, people have to pay to use a service? In Seattle, there’s free and subsidized Orca cards so no one’s being excluded.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Kimmel: Brendan Carr is the most embarrassing Carr the Republican have embraced since the cybertruck

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 17d

Looks a lot like pike place market before most cars were banned.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 17d

Close Main and Washington through Pioneer Square!

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 18d

They're not pure enough for some urbanists

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 18d

Photo from Seattle's ID, circa 1940's. Look how wide our sidewalks used to be. That same sidewalk is now about half the original width, plus it shares much of it's space with street trees. Ouch. But at least we 2 vehicle lanes running in either direction 🥴

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 19d

I would guess building code over zoning code would precent a rebuild

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 25d

Personally really excited about the corner store expansion. It’s so hard to open a small biz in Seattle and much of that has to do with high rents on large spaces. Need that Tokyo energy in our neighborhoods with small retail units.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 25d

You’re right. The western flank of MI used to be called East Seattle

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 25d

I'm almost positive it was historically referred to as East Seattle before "the eastside" took on a similar nomenclature.

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Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 25d

How does the law determine what needs a SEPA analysis and what doesn't? This seems like a simple change to SEPA law, but maybe I'm underestimating that undertaking.

Andy Randles @andyrandles.bsky.social · 25d

I spoke with a developer literally this morning who told me uncertainty is a bigger barrier to building anything (housing, office, life sciences, data centers, etc) than high interest rates/high building costs/etc.

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