Riley Avron
@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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November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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West Seattle hero.
Heyo, West Seattle cyclists! I cleaned up the leaves on the Spokane Street bridge / Delridge Way SW / 22nd Ave SW connector again. It was quite leafy. I also trimmed back a lot of the edges. Could use more trimming but looking good!
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
West Seattle hero.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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I am less certain that the sun is going to rise than the comment section on a West Seattle housing project is going to be dominated by parking.
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DEVELOPMENT: Design decision for 3010 SW Avalon Way
The only West Seattle project to have had a Southwest Design Review Board meeting this year, ~86 apartments at 3010 SW Avalon Way [map], now has its official design decision. The official report was r...
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Join me to knock on doors for Katie Wilson on Saturday in West Seattle! www.mobilize.us/wilsonforsea...
Door knocking in West Seattle for Katie Wilson · Wilson for Seattle
Join us to knock on doors and talk to our neighbors about Katie! We'll meet at Delridge Playfield.
Katie had an amazing showing in the primary. The best way to combat the big-money ads coming our wa...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Join me to knock on doors for Katie Wilson on Saturday in West Seattle! www.mobilize.us/wilsonforsea...
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A PAC supporting Bruce Harrell has now raised more than $1 million from wealthy donors, and soon they will use it to attack me so that our city stays unaffordable. With less than a month until election day, I want to make a few things clear. #thisisyourcity
October 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A PAC supporting Bruce Harrell has now raised more than $1 million from wealthy donors, and soon they will use it to attack me so that our city stays unaffordable. With less than a month until election day, I want to make a few things clear. #thisisyourcity
Confirmed: SDOT will be removing the bus only lane on E Union Street this weekend, ceding this part of the $130 million RapidRide G project back to general purpose traffic in response to requests from nearby property owners.
October 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Quotes from canvassing for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social:
"I saw her Goodwill video and loved it, she's an actual person!"
"Wilson? Yeah she's a commie. But I don't like Harrell much neither, so we'll see."
"I saw her Goodwill video and loved it, she's an actual person!"
"Wilson? Yeah she's a commie. But I don't like Harrell much neither, so we'll see."
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Quotes from canvassing for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social:
"I saw her Goodwill video and loved it, she's an actual person!"
"Wilson? Yeah she's a commie. But I don't like Harrell much neither, so we'll see."
"I saw her Goodwill video and loved it, she's an actual person!"
"Wilson? Yeah she's a commie. But I don't like Harrell much neither, so we'll see."
I believe it was @ronpdavis.bsky.social with this analogy.
The pressure to build is like a boiling pot. Crack the lid just a bit, and a jet of steam comes out. "Wow, that's scary! Clearly we can't open the lid."
But lift it off entirely, and nothing dramatic happens.
The pressure to build is like a boiling pot. Crack the lid just a bit, and a jet of steam comes out. "Wow, that's scary! Clearly we can't open the lid."
But lift it off entirely, and nothing dramatic happens.
Allowing housing in EVERY neighborhood, rather than engaging in perennial piddly debates about tiny sections of Seattle, would greatly ease gentrification pressure in areas like the CD, CID, Southeast Seattle, and South Park because renters wouldn't be confined to tiny swaths of the city.
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I believe it was @ronpdavis.bsky.social with this analogy.
The pressure to build is like a boiling pot. Crack the lid just a bit, and a jet of steam comes out. "Wow, that's scary! Clearly we can't open the lid."
But lift it off entirely, and nothing dramatic happens.
The pressure to build is like a boiling pot. Crack the lid just a bit, and a jet of steam comes out. "Wow, that's scary! Clearly we can't open the lid."
But lift it off entirely, and nothing dramatic happens.
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Allowing housing in EVERY neighborhood, rather than engaging in perennial piddly debates about tiny sections of Seattle, would greatly ease gentrification pressure in areas like the CD, CID, Southeast Seattle, and South Park because renters wouldn't be confined to tiny swaths of the city.
September 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Allowing housing in EVERY neighborhood, rather than engaging in perennial piddly debates about tiny sections of Seattle, would greatly ease gentrification pressure in areas like the CD, CID, Southeast Seattle, and South Park because renters wouldn't be confined to tiny swaths of the city.
Thank you, @alexis4seattle.bsky.social!
This morning @councilmember-amr.bsky.social called for the council's transportation committee to pursue some type of formal inquiry into the decision to rule out additional bus lanes on Denny Way's most congested blocks to get the Route 8 out of traffic.
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thank you, @alexis4seattle.bsky.social!
Done. Please do so too!
if you want to write council to oppose this ridiculous amendment that neither supports housing or tree canopy, please send a quick email
link w/ letter here:
@theurbanist.org @ronpdavis.bsky.social @sightline.org @robertcruickshank.com @350seattle.bsky.social
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link w/ letter here:
@theurbanist.org @ronpdavis.bsky.social @sightline.org @robertcruickshank.com @350seattle.bsky.social
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Amendment 102 will not protect the urban canopy – and in fact may do the opposite
Seattle needs more affordable housing AND trees. Help us convince the Seattle City Council to do both by opposing Amendment 102, which makes new housing much more expensive and worsens existing inequi...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Done. Please do so too!
Honestly hard not to take it personally when anti-housing activists describe the type of homes my friends and I live in as "a monstrosity" and "soulless."
September 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Honestly hard not to take it personally when anti-housing activists describe the type of homes my friends and I live in as "a monstrosity" and "soulless."
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Amazon is trying to buy Seattle’s election! Send your Democracy Vouchers or donate money to @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social to help cancel Corporate PAC spending. #ThisIsYourCity WilsonForSeattle.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Amazon is trying to buy Seattle’s election! Send your Democracy Vouchers or donate money to @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social to help cancel Corporate PAC spending. #ThisIsYourCity WilsonForSeattle.com
Thank you, @seattledot.bsky.social! Important not just to complain when they miss the mark, but also recognize when they do a good job.
The barriers were repaired by crews this morning.
August 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thank you, @seattledot.bsky.social! Important not just to complain when they miss the mark, but also recognize when they do a good job.
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We're two weeks out from the Final Seattle Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing on 9/12. This is a make-or-break moment that will decide the future of housing and growth in Seattle. Please join us in showing up and demanding a bold plan to address our city's housing crisis: bit.ly/OneSeattleFi...
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're two weeks out from the Final Seattle Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing on 9/12. This is a make-or-break moment that will decide the future of housing and growth in Seattle. Please join us in showing up and demanding a bold plan to address our city's housing crisis: bit.ly/OneSeattleFi...
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The Seattle City Council is about to start taking votes on the 20-year Comprehensive Plan which will determine how housing in Seattle is built.
I biked around Seattle to talk to people about what we need to do to build more housing, and make our communities more walkable, and livable.
I biked around Seattle to talk to people about what we need to do to build more housing, and make our communities more walkable, and livable.
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Seattle City Council is about to start taking votes on the 20-year Comprehensive Plan which will determine how housing in Seattle is built.
I biked around Seattle to talk to people about what we need to do to build more housing, and make our communities more walkable, and livable.
I biked around Seattle to talk to people about what we need to do to build more housing, and make our communities more walkable, and livable.
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I'm loving Rinck amendment 84-removing off-street parking requirements citywide, striking pages and pages and pages of antiquated text.
We can put design first, rather than starting with the minimum parking and designing around that.
We can put design first, rather than starting with the minimum parking and designing around that.
August 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm loving Rinck amendment 84-removing off-street parking requirements citywide, striking pages and pages and pages of antiquated text.
We can put design first, rather than starting with the minimum parking and designing around that.
We can put design first, rather than starting with the minimum parking and designing around that.
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One of the reasons that new housings starts have tanked is that Harrell’s administration sat on the comp plan for a year.
Property owners are treading water waiting for the new zoning.
Spare me the election season rhetoric that Harrell is the right person to make housing more affordable.
Property owners are treading water waiting for the new zoning.
Spare me the election season rhetoric that Harrell is the right person to make housing more affordable.
a man in a suit and tie stands in a field of flowers
Alt: a man in a suit and tie stands in a field of flowers. Waiting for the comp plan
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August 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One of the reasons that new housings starts have tanked is that Harrell’s administration sat on the comp plan for a year.
Property owners are treading water waiting for the new zoning.
Spare me the election season rhetoric that Harrell is the right person to make housing more affordable.
Property owners are treading water waiting for the new zoning.
Spare me the election season rhetoric that Harrell is the right person to make housing more affordable.
"Just make eye contact"
August 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Just make eye contact"
Somewhat unsatisfyingly, a lot of the answer to "why can't we build enough homes, fast enough?" is simply that there are a thousand little friction points.
Councilmember Rinck is doing the yeoman's work of smoothing them out, one at a time.
Councilmember Rinck is doing the yeoman's work of smoothing them out, one at a time.
The Council just voted 8-0 to pass my office’s bill (CB 121009) to streamline the subdivision approval process!
This bill is a simple yet straightforward effort to promote good governance which will shave off critical time to build more housing.
We're talking about many months saved per project!
This bill is a simple yet straightforward effort to promote good governance which will shave off critical time to build more housing.
We're talking about many months saved per project!
August 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Somewhat unsatisfyingly, a lot of the answer to "why can't we build enough homes, fast enough?" is simply that there are a thousand little friction points.
Councilmember Rinck is doing the yeoman's work of smoothing them out, one at a time.
Councilmember Rinck is doing the yeoman's work of smoothing them out, one at a time.
Want to drive in the bus lanes? You can — ride the bus!
Just zoomed to Fremont on a full Route 40 bus to get to the Sunday market and I can confirm that the Westlake bus lanes do in fact rule.
100% of the anti bus lane quotes in this article are obviously false.
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
August 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Want to drive in the bus lanes? You can — ride the bus!
At the April meeting of the Pike Place Market Constituency, a member said the following, opposing pedestrianization:
"I don't like to smell the cars, and if I saw … an F-250 blowing smoke in my face, I wouldn't like it either, but…" (see next post)
"I don't like to smell the cars, and if I saw … an F-250 blowing smoke in my face, I wouldn't like it either, but…" (see next post)
Friends of the [Pike Place] Market "continues to be concerned about impacts on the historical character of the District" from the current pedestrianization pilot.
"It is essential to the authenticity of the Market that Pike Place continues to function primarily as the Market’s only loading dock"
"It is essential to the authenticity of the Market that Pike Place continues to function primarily as the Market’s only loading dock"
August 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
At the April meeting of the Pike Place Market Constituency, a member said the following, opposing pedestrianization:
"I don't like to smell the cars, and if I saw … an F-250 blowing smoke in my face, I wouldn't like it either, but…" (see next post)
"I don't like to smell the cars, and if I saw … an F-250 blowing smoke in my face, I wouldn't like it either, but…" (see next post)
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social continues to lead boldly, while the rest of council dithers or even no-shows their own committee meetings.
NEW: The full list of amendments to Seattle's Comp Plan are set to drop Monday, but we have a preview of @alexis4seattle.bsky.social's proposed changes:
-Restoring 8 entire neighborhood centers
-Removing parking mandates
-Allowing corner stores everywhere
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/01/r...
-Restoring 8 entire neighborhood centers
-Removing parking mandates
-Allowing corner stores everywhere
www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/01/r...
Rinck Proposes Restoring Growth Centers Dropped from One Seattle Plan » The Urbanist
# The potential Seattle Comprehensive Plan changes, which are set to be discussed Monday, would add back growth centers around Gas Works Park, Alki, North Capitol Hill, and other areas. Councilmember ...
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August 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social continues to lead boldly, while the rest of council dithers or even no-shows their own committee meetings.
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