I may be peaceful, but I'm pissed.
Policy Wonk, Gardener, Seattleite and Native Texan
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If Manhattan can do it, Seattle can do it!
The pedestrianization of Broadway through the heart of Manhattan just expanded, and it's glorious:
Following @selenagomezfanpage.bsky.social because I love Only Murders in the Building and because SHE'S A SPURS FAN!!! GO SPURS GO!!
Excited to kick off this project with @nondriver.bsky.social.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch & share this news story. It’s pretty much perfect. Ford claims wrongly that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/1...
Fyi, for the people who were heckling us today. Here's what happened to the sidewalk repairs. It was former Mayor Harrell.
And there was $120K of TIB funding set aside for LWB safety improvements that got yanked from the project because of his delays of the safety improvements.
Ten THOUSAND people applied for the Seattle social housing lottery! People are eager for permanently affordable, publicly owned housing. Their housing and financial security depends on it.
Miser
Loved hearing this profile of Senait and the creative work she and her peeps are doing to make ownership a reality for their community. AND WTF are we doing to make housing stability so fragile?
I'm calling this another win for the former D2 Crew! Congrats to @devinsilvernail.bsky.social who supported my office in passing the Just Cause Eviction ordinance a few years ago. First Social Housing, then LWB, now this. Gratifying to know we made a material difference for Seattle.
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
So I finally got my Lake Washington Boulevard sidewalk repair FOIAs back. Guess what, former Mayor Harrell's administration designated the sidewalk repairs as "low priority." The repairs were slated to happen last summer. www.seattle.gov/parks/about-...
Most policy & urbanist discussion centers on those who choose to give up their car.
We can achieve better policy and better communities if we center those who never had a choice.
nondriver is a podcast about the stories of those people.
Coming to you June 5th.
Subscribe: youtube.com/@nondriver
The news is in — not only have Seattleites voted for social housing twice, but thousands applied to our first housing lottery. The support and need for social housing in Seattle is clear. We are in the process of notifying applicants of their status. www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...
A. Zivarts
30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive.
nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to peopl...
With housing costs out of reach for many people in Seattle, more city residents are thinking about going in with friends to buy homes together.
Seattle’s first social housing building has just 150 apartments. The number of applicants to move in is a sign of the city’s need for affordable housing.
Wilson Backs Down on Tenant Protection Rollbacks, Fire Department Funding Plan Fizzles, Privacy Advocates Push Back on Surveillance During World Cup
Today's Morning Fizz.
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Seattle Social Housing Developer
nondriver
KUOW Public Radio
“So much of urban planning is organised around a guy getting to work as quickly as possible. That's the worldview.
The only time I care about the city is when I'm in my car and need to get to work as fast as possible.
Looking through that lens is so incredibly toxic.”
LISTEN: youtu.be/hUR3rmr845s
Erica C. Barnett
With housing costs out of reach for many people in Seattle, more city residents are thinking about going in with friends to buy homes together.
