Olraca
@olraca.bsky.social
📍Seattle
🟠 Urbanist and 🏎️ motorsports enthusiast.
🛣️ Aurora Reimagined Coalition
🔗 got99problems.org
🟠 Urbanist and 🏎️ motorsports enthusiast.
🛣️ Aurora Reimagined Coalition
🔗 got99problems.org
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Olraca
@olraca.bsky.social
· Jul 29
Op-Ed: Seattle Is Failing to Reimagine Aurora Avenue » The Urbanist
# SDOT's latest report indicates the agency is envisioning the future of Aurora Avenue N to look nearly exactly the same as it has for the last 100 years: a dangerous, high speed, six- to seven-lane h...
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@theurbanist.org published my review of SDOT's recently released phase 1 report on the Aurora Ave project.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/29/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/29/o...
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This is why commercial activity should be legal everywhere. A taco truck turns sleepy North Berkeley station into a thriving nightlife area. And no major costs for brick and mortar!
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is why commercial activity should be legal everywhere. A taco truck turns sleepy North Berkeley station into a thriving nightlife area. And no major costs for brick and mortar!
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@fixthel8.bsky.social! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social unequivocally committed to bus lanes on Denny!
Our podcast, Seattle Nice, has an exclusive in-depth interview with Mayor-elect Katie Wilson, featuring many of your questions for the city's next mayor! Listen (and subscribe) right here: seattle-nice.beam.ly/episode/mayo...
Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson says Seattle Nice is “Special” | Seattle Nice
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson turned down numerous invitations for national television appearances over the past week, telling Seattle Nice, “That is not my job.”...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@fixthel8.bsky.social! @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social unequivocally committed to bus lanes on Denny!
The real lesson these kids are learning is how to bypass restrictions and technical controls. I say this as an infosec professional and from experience as a former child.
Briggs points out that she knows that students have access to CoPilot on their student-issued laptops and that it's used to write essays for them. (She has SPS students herself.) Someone else also testified that what SPS says can/cannot be done on student-issued laptops does not match reality.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The real lesson these kids are learning is how to bypass restrictions and technical controls. I say this as an infosec professional and from experience as a former child.
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Props to Director Briggs for being skeptical about this AI business. This is just a classic neoliberal subcontracting/marketing ploy to create dependency on AI in children - it is not education
Here are the tools that teachers and students will have access to.
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Props to Director Briggs for being skeptical about this AI business. This is just a classic neoliberal subcontracting/marketing ploy to create dependency on AI in children - it is not education
A 1+ hour wait time to pick your kids up from school is not the world I want to live in.
Which hybrid car would financially make sense in long term if I consider 1+ hour wait for school pickup line?
We have few considerations when buying a car: We have concluded that fully electric like tesla would not work for us, as we travel about 2-3...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A 1+ hour wait time to pick your kids up from school is not the world I want to live in.
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
It is currently illegal to ride escooters on the sidewalk yet we encourage it by making them park there. Even in the downtown core where we have the most amount of sidewalk space, there just isn't enough room on the sidewalks to park scooters and bikes. Parking them in the street makes sense.
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It is currently illegal to ride escooters on the sidewalk yet we encourage it by making them park there. Even in the downtown core where we have the most amount of sidewalk space, there just isn't enough room on the sidewalks to park scooters and bikes. Parking them in the street makes sense.
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Sharing this again just because I love it so much. #justaminute
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Blocked Bike Lane Protest on Valencia St. – San Francisco, CA #justaminute
YouTube video by Stephen Braitsch
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Sharing this again just because I love it so much. #justaminute
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for “just a minute” force people on bikes into car traffic. It’s dangerous, it’s selfish, it’s illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Helping our small businesses thrive.
When you ask voters to choose between corporate profits and protecting our neighbors – it’s not even close. This year, Seattle voters chose the tax corporations to fund social housing (63%) and to pass the Seattle Shield Initiative to protect our neighbors (71%). Let’s keep it going!
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Helping our small businesses thrive.
My knowledge of permitting is almost zero and I would like to learn and better understand. Something we could start with is allowing food vendors to easily set up next to parks and in parking lots at parks where running water and bathrooms already exist, and where people already gather.
With unpermitted food vendors proliferating in King County, Washington restaurateurs are calling on the county and state to get more aggressive to deter them.
WA restaurateurs beg state, county to deter unpermitted vendors
www.seattletimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My knowledge of permitting is almost zero and I would like to learn and better understand. Something we could start with is allowing food vendors to easily set up next to parks and in parking lots at parks where running water and bathrooms already exist, and where people already gather.
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Your move, Gov. Ferguson!
imagine that
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Your move, Gov. Ferguson!
What's gonna happen to the puppets next year and how do we get them an exhibit at Mopop?
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What's gonna happen to the puppets next year and how do we get them an exhibit at Mopop?
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"If you have a water view, Bruce Harrell might be for you!"
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"If you have a water view, Bruce Harrell might be for you!"
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xkcd.com/3167/
Brilliant alt text: 'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
Brilliant alt text: 'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
Car Size
xkcd.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
xkcd.com/3167/
Brilliant alt text: 'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
Brilliant alt text: 'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
I am looking forward to mayor-elect Wilson appointing a new visionary director for SDOT and putting forward a transformational vision for Aurora Ave (conveniently, Aurora Reimagined Coalition already has one they can use www.got99problems.org/vision).
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I am looking forward to mayor-elect Wilson appointing a new visionary director for SDOT and putting forward a transformational vision for Aurora Ave (conveniently, Aurora Reimagined Coalition already has one they can use www.got99problems.org/vision).
Really looking forward to the new bus lanes on Denny in a few months for the @fixthel8.bsky.social bus.
Wow. While we wait for the few remaining ballots to be counted, we feel like we have won this race. The recent drop put us nearly 1,400 votes ahead, just under the .5 percent threshold for a mandatory recount.
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Really looking forward to the new bus lanes on Denny in a few months for the @fixthel8.bsky.social bus.
Don't follow the example of these guys and ride the wrong way down a bike lane. It is dangerous and not something that should be encouraged for cars, bikes, and scooters.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Don't follow the example of these guys and ride the wrong way down a bike lane. It is dangerous and not something that should be encouraged for cars, bikes, and scooters.
Using the psychopath method to cook bacon this morning
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Using the psychopath method to cook bacon this morning
Glad to see this stand is back tonight.
Is this really the best use of an "understaffed" police force? How about SPD follow up on the gunshots I called in at 5 am that woke me up this morning?
Is this really the best use of an "understaffed" police force? How about SPD follow up on the gunshots I called in at 5 am that woke me up this morning?
Taco Stand on Northgate was back open tonight. As I went we watch SPD go around in circles and turns on their sirens a few times. What is this? This seems very strange if they’re doing something wrong then talk to them. This felt like intimidation
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Glad to see this stand is back tonight.
Is this really the best use of an "understaffed" police force? How about SPD follow up on the gunshots I called in at 5 am that woke me up this morning?
Is this really the best use of an "understaffed" police force? How about SPD follow up on the gunshots I called in at 5 am that woke me up this morning?
Tonight on Aurora with a line down the block.
We are so back.
We are so back.
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Tonight on Aurora with a line down the block.
We are so back.
We are so back.
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I’m going to put in an inquiry on this. I have a lot of questions about how enforcement is currently being conducted.
SPD out here on Northgate shutting down the taco stand between 8th and Roosevelt due to "multiple licensing and health code violations" that they wouldn't provide anymore info about.
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m going to put in an inquiry on this. I have a lot of questions about how enforcement is currently being conducted.
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And don’t forget the role restaurant owners play in trying to suppress the minimum wage
If you didn’t know, Seattle restaurant owners and consultants have been fighting against street food and food truck reforms for decades.
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
Our regulatory environment is why until now, Seattle has not really developed a street food culture like Portland (or many other cities).
With unpermitted food vendors proliferating in King County, Washington restaurateurs are calling on the county and state to get more aggressive to deter them.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
And don’t forget the role restaurant owners play in trying to suppress the minimum wage
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Important context on this issue:
- it is WILDLY expensive in Seattle to follow the rules for a street vendor. it's not just health code. bsky.app/profile/r343...
- County health dept wants to focus on helping abide by health rules. These enforcements ain't that. www.thestranger.com/food-issue-2...
- it is WILDLY expensive in Seattle to follow the rules for a street vendor. it's not just health code. bsky.app/profile/r343...
- County health dept wants to focus on helping abide by health rules. These enforcements ain't that. www.thestranger.com/food-issue-2...
Big City, Big Street Food
Seattle is growing. We are becoming big. And with a big city, comes big, delicious food tents.
www.thestranger.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Important context on this issue:
- it is WILDLY expensive in Seattle to follow the rules for a street vendor. it's not just health code. bsky.app/profile/r343...
- County health dept wants to focus on helping abide by health rules. These enforcements ain't that. www.thestranger.com/food-issue-2...
- it is WILDLY expensive in Seattle to follow the rules for a street vendor. it's not just health code. bsky.app/profile/r343...
- County health dept wants to focus on helping abide by health rules. These enforcements ain't that. www.thestranger.com/food-issue-2...