ravron.bsky.social
Urbanist in West Seattle. Let's make housing more affordable and available, and getting around without a car safe and easy for everyone.
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As usual, CM Rinck steps up when the others will not.
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Everything on this list!
- Get stacked flats on IRC instead of IBC (this was HB 2071 but SBCC may poison it, see article)
- Get stacked flats on residential energy code instead of commercial
- Continue fixing condo law (HB 1403 was good but only covers two stories, <=12 units)
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You're right — but that segment of the population is already unfairly burdened with the risk of injury and death due to dangerous drivers.
Better to trade some of that physical burden for the financial burden of enforcement tickets, no?
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seattle council: 'every neighborhood is unique!'
it's weird how uniquely only white neighborhoods uniquely get to skip out of multifamily housing and growth in the city.
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Just a reminder, in this brief interregnum, that PubliCola (and my ability to sit through meetings like this and provide informed, insightful live updates and commentary) is funded entirely by readers! Lots of options here: publicola.com/support
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I don't remember where I saw this, but someone from SDOT had said that they were working on getting set up here. Might have had to do with the software they presumably use to post in multiple places.
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Bummed I couldn't make it, hope it's great!
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Scheduled from 6 to 9 AM, but I had to leave at 8:45, so I'm not sure how much longer folks will be out. Alki Bike & Board had already packed up their repair stand when I left.
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No, not having been in WS for the closure, but that sounds lovely.
You'd think if it's worth ~$5B to get a high frequency connection between Alaska Junction and SODO Link in 2032, it'd be worth it to increase the frequency and directness of the existing bus route from Alaska Junction to SODO Link…
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Yep. I want to put this graph, from the same report, on a poster, show it at an upcoming public hearing, and say "we all agree we want to see more stacked flats, but the city-funded analysis says that the proposed rules will mean that NONE are feasible."
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Nice. I've been toying with the idea of something I can put on a poster (or multiple if needed) and use during public comment.
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Absolutely. When someone worries aloud about density, I ask them what sorts of things they are worried about, and their concerns are almost always not about the new people, but about the new peoples' *cars*.
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I also find these practices quite annoying, and have similarly written emails asking that local businesses just raise their prices instead.
It doesn't talk as much about this price vs fee tradeoff, but this article from a Seattle biz owner taught me a lot: charlieanthe.medium.com/why-its-so-h...
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Yes, it's been suggested repeatedly over at *least* the last decade. The market's governing body is exceptionally resistant to the idea, and wants to delay, study, delay, study.
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These documents are here: web.seattle.gov/dpd/aboutus/...
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This is for a proposed building near me which is going through design review and it's honestly a miracle we build anything at all.
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Thank you for your leadership. I'm beyond frustrated with Seattle's "do nothing, or if you must do something, do the absolute minimum" approach and welcome state preemption.
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Being on the design review board does not pay, it's a volunteer position.
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From www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-...
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This page has several useful resources: fiscal.wa.gov/statebudgets...
In particular, the Resources Bill SB 5801 Summary, linked on that page and below, has more human-readable summaries.
fiscal.wa.gov/statebudgets...
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This building looks this chaotic because the city's Objective Design Standards require it to.
Many cities are currently writing ODS in response to state laws that say a city can't reject a design unless they have ODS - make sure yours doesn't do this!
www.dublin.ca.gov/DocumentCent...