Randolph Ruiz

Randolph Ruiz

@aaaarchitecture.bsky.social

Architect, educator(SEIU 1021), casual cyclist in San Francisco & Santa Monica. Need a building? I can help http://aaaarch.com Auto-free since ‘04

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Randolph Ruiz
@aaaarchitecture.bsky.social

It would be better if it said “Codes Should:”

Mo Zhu@moinmybackyard.bsky.social

They rolled out a new set of talking points with the overall one-sentence talking point being: "Building codes save money and lives."

Randolph Ruiz
@aaaarchitecture.bsky.social

We should be voting to expand rail and bus services in the urban Bay Area, but instead we are fighting to just keep what we have. Sad that this is our reality. Vote for RTM and Measure H

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social

"Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)... is considering cutting 70% of its service and closing up to 15 of 50 stations, some 30%. Caltrain, the area’s leading local commuter rail system, could discontinue weekend service and shutter up to a third of its stations."

motherjones.comAmerica’s billionaire capital is poised to gut public transitVoters in the San Francisco Bay Area are split on a measure to rescue local transit. Disabled and low-income residents’ mobility is on the line.
Randolph Ruiz
@aaaarchitecture.bsky.social

It’s insane that we continue to spend our money on freeway expansions at the cost of better transportation alternatives

California Transit Nerd@catransitnerd.bsky.social

VTA has massive plans for HOT lane expansion including a 2nd lane on a segment of 101 between SR-85 and Morgan Hill with a single lane south of that to CA-25 or the county line. Local officials are trying to push the entire project timeline up under the name of "equity" and hand wave away

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Californians for Electric Rail
@calelectricrail.org

Metrolink released a study finding hydrogen trains would reduce capacity and travel times at a large cost - but are still considering a pilot anyway. Take action and tell Metrolink to study electrification, not pilot hydrogen THIS Friday! #Electrify Metrolink actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

actionnetwork.orgTell Metrolink say no to hydrogen pilots and commit to electrificationMetrolink is hearing the results of a study on the feasibility of running hydrogen multiple unit (ZEMU) trains on the San Bernardino and Antelope Valley Line trains. The results of the study are now i...
Randolph Ruiz
@aaaarchitecture.bsky.social

Definitely cool. Doubtful we could have this in a seismic zone

James Taite@jamestaite.bsky.social

get in loser we’re building with structural stone again another banger from @amintaha.bsky.social and Groupwork observer.co.uk/culture/arch...

observer.co.ukThis wobbly-looking high-rise Stonehenge is the futureBuilt from three-tonne slabs of load-bearing rock, a new London apartment block makes a dramatic case for a greener alternative to concrete, balancing scale and sophistication with sheer chutzpah
Randolph Ruiz
@aaaarchitecture.bsky.social

I’m sorry, what? While I personally think there is much to learn (good and mostly bad) from Voisin, I’ve NEVER in my nearly 40 years in the field encountered an advocate. Modernist planning was more than discredited decades ago to such an extreme degree that we’ve discarded any of its good ideas

Patrick Siegman@siegman.biz

Obviously, some (especially architects) are huge fans of modernist architecture and planning, like Corbusier's Plan Voisin for central Paris.

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Nicolas Fulghum
@nicolasfulghum.bsky.social

NEW | California just reached a world-first solar milestone Over HALF (51%) of electricity generation across the whole month of May came from solar power. Battery storage is the big difference maker, enabling California to push the share of solar generation to this level.

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That Mack
@thatmc.bsky.social

It’s an actual Dream Come True for me! Today I am driving a Muni Bus wearing the iconic Landor Livery, the true colors Muni is meant to display, designed by the great Walter Landor in 1975, introduced alongside the greatest logo in transit history, the Muni Worm.

Randolph Ruiz
@aaaarchitecture.bsky.social

If steam trains were more common, then these kind of dangerous crowd situations wouldn't happen anymore, right?

metalheadrailfan 🔞@metalheadrailfan.bsky.social

This man deserves a year off when they get back to Wyoming. Dumbass in Ashtabula, OH was taking head on shots of the train as it was approaching, forcing Ed to make an emergency stop. He then called him over and put him on blast for his idiocy.

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Alfred Twu
@alfredtwu.com

Illustrated summary of the fourteen California Propositions on this year's ballot, which cover topics such as housing, elections, taxes, education, and healthcare! Individual slides at tinyurl.com/2026caprops and in the thread! 1/ 🧵✅