Olraca
@olraca.bsky.social
๐Seattle
๐ Urbanist and ๐๏ธ motorsports enthusiast.
๐ฃ๏ธ Aurora Reimagined Coalition
๐ got99problems.org
๐ Urbanist and ๐๏ธ motorsports enthusiast.
๐ฃ๏ธ Aurora Reimagined Coalition
๐ got99problems.org
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Olraca
@olraca.bsky.social
ยท Jul 29
Op-Ed: Seattle Is Failing to Reimagine Aurora Avenue ยป 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...
www.theurbanist.org
@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...
We could do this in Occidental Park for free and support small businesses without charging admission.
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We could do this in Occidental Park for free and support small businesses without charging admission.
Has no one proposed building a climbing wall across it?
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Has no one proposed building a climbing wall across it?
Great place to sell agua fresca.
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Great place to sell agua fresca.
I can't tell what's real or AI anymore.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I can't tell what's real or AI anymore.
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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!
The WA DOE already identified the best candidates in Seattle ecology.wa.gov/air-climate/...
SDOT should choose South Park, Georgetown, Northgate, Licton Springs, or Lake City.
SDOT should choose South Park, Georgetown, Northgate, Licton Springs, or Lake City.
Overburdened communities - Washington State Department of Ecology
An official website of the State of Washington
ecology.wa.gov
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The WA DOE already identified the best candidates in Seattle ecology.wa.gov/air-climate/...
SDOT should choose South Park, Georgetown, Northgate, Licton Springs, or Lake City.
SDOT should choose South Park, Georgetown, Northgate, Licton Springs, or Lake City.
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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 โSpecialโ | Seattle Nice
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson turned down numerous invitations for national television appearances over the past week, telling Seattle Nice, โThat is not my job.โ...
seattle-nice.beam.ly
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...
old.reddit.com
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, Iโm pleased to announce that Iโve 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, Iโm pleased to announce that Iโve 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.
This may be tree planting. Looks similar to what they did in my neighborhood prior to planting a bunch of trees.
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This may be tree planting. Looks similar to what they did in my neighborhood prior to planting a bunch of trees.
I am a non-resident visitor of Columbia City who only visits by transit, walking, and occasionally bike. The Columbia City Business District apparently does not want my business.
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I am a non-resident visitor of Columbia City who only visits by transit, walking, and occasionally bike. The Columbia City Business District apparently does not want my business.
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Sharing this again just because I love it so much. #justaminute
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for โjust a minuteโ force people on bikes into car traffic. Itโs dangerous, itโs selfish, itโs illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for โjust a minuteโ force people on bikes into car traffic. Itโs dangerous, itโs selfish, itโs illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Blocked Bike Lane Protest on Valencia St. โย San Francisco, CA #justaminute
YouTube video by Stephen Braitsch
youtu.be
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 โjust a minuteโ force people on bikes into car traffic. Itโs dangerous, itโs selfish, itโs illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Car drivers who block cycle lanes for โjust a minuteโ force people on bikes into car traffic. Itโs dangerous, itโs selfish, itโs illegal (NZ) and it deserves the mocking it gets in this protest action.
Meanwhile council member Rob Saka still doesn't understand that the CITY of Seattle doesn't control King COUNTY Metro.
Rob Saka wants to take money *directly* from transit service funding to pay for a new "Chief Transit Security and Safety Officer" at the City of Seattle.
That's despite the fact that King County is directly in charge of many of the things this new position would be trying to direct.
That's despite the fact that King County is directly in charge of many of the things this new position would be trying to direct.
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Meanwhile council member Rob Saka still doesn't understand that the CITY of Seattle doesn't control King COUNTY Metro.
Helping our small businesses thrive.
When you ask voters to choose between corporate profits and protecting our neighbors โ itโs 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%). Letโs 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.
3rd Ave NW & NW 82nd St.
The building on the corner appears to be a former commercial space next to my favorite butcher shop Better Meat Co.
The building on the corner appears to be a former commercial space next to my favorite butcher shop Better Meat Co.
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
3rd Ave NW & NW 82nd St.
The building on the corner appears to be a former commercial space next to my favorite butcher shop Better Meat Co.
The building on the corner appears to be a former commercial space next to my favorite butcher shop Better Meat Co.
Imagine thinking you have a right to tell other people what they can do with their property just because you live nearby.
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Imagine thinking you have a right to tell other people what they can do with their property just because you live nearby.
6th Ave NW & NW 50th St.
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
6th Ave NW & NW 50th St.
Now let's get them off the sidewalk and into the street parking space.
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Now let's get them off the sidewalk and into the street parking space.
Probably nothing but I'm sure @linforseattle.bsky.social would be interested in ideas.
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Probably nothing but I'm sure @linforseattle.bsky.social would be interested in ideas.