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Laura Sv

@lauraridesbuses.bsky.social
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Tacoma | Angry Queer | she/her | Professional Bus Rider, Belligerent E-Biker | 🖖 | This is a personal account, etc.

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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doing outreach for our Tacoma Mall transit pass program, talked to a woman who, when she doesn't have money for the bus, rides an electric scooter on the side of the highway to get to work. Her new free unlimited ORCA card goes live on Thursday. This type of program is the point of our work.
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 19/09/2026
Free this Thursday? Join us for the campaign kickoff in Downtown Tacoma!
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 19/09/2026
Spreading the bus gospel with @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social at the Grit City Gauntlet! Tacoma, vote yes on Prop 1!
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Annual policy bike ride coming up on Monday. We're focusing on central Tacoma, so be there or be square. tockify.com/tacomaontheg...
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Pedal with Politicians
Join Tacoma On the Go for our annual bike ride with elected officials and city staff on Monday August 31st! There’s lots of new infrastructure coming to Downtow
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Breaking news: all the cool transportation kids will be supporting Tacoma On the Go on October 8th! connecting-tacoma-2026.auctria.events
connecting-tacoma-2026.auctria.events
Auctria
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Paulrus of West Bumblefrick @paulrusof.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ah yes, the good old “having a few beers and then driving home never hurt anyone” attitude that, in point of fact, killed many thousands (millions?) of people.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We're constantly told to "make eye contact" or "share the road", but this is the deadly, ego driven bullshit we're up against and it's costing people their lives. Make these vehicles illegal to modify.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dems stop justifying drunk driving challenge, difficulty impossible I guess
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Idk man, I think drunk driving is a damn reprehensible choice, and when a person has multiple accusations of it...
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Tacoma next!
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Took the Victoria Clipper and my row mates were a pair of old Lakewood cyclists and a Sound Transit consultant who works on Tacoma projects. What are the odds! We had a great chat, Clipper was awesome, would do again.
Photo of Seattle across the water
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Friends: "Laura why are you working, stop working" Me: "Just deleting a few comments about wanting to murder cyclists real quick!" Why is it like this 🥲
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tacoma Dome to Mount Vernon on transit, just under 3 hours during rush hour. ST 594 to Sounder North to 90x. Hitching a ride the rest of the way to Bellingham, but not too shabby!
Skagit Transit 90x in front of a Sounder train
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thank you, Tacoma.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The cashier at Office Max this morning said I have "real teacher energy" so that's something. Ode to a past life AKA 8 years ago.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Seeing pictures of all the people sign waving in the smoke is... certainly some sort of vibe.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Having your wireless keyboard stop working because the batteries are literally exploding is as good a sign as any that 9:30pm is an acceptable time to call it quits for the night
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Kirk Hovenkotter @kirkhovenkotter.com · 14/07/2026
The board is all in! The Pierce Transit board unanimously approved sending a transit funding measure to voters this November! Huge thanks to @ryanmellotacoma.bsky.social & the whole PT board for moving this forward!
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No take backs, it's official - we're winning better transit service in Pierce County this fall 🚌🚌🚌
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Totally intentionally doing World Cup™️ with @kellireef.bsky.social
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Running late to meeting because my bus got stuck in Friday afternoon I5 traffic AND there's multiple people having loud phone conversations, RIP me
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Apparently 9pm is the wrong time to go to Winco
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Fatality crash on SR-7 at the usual spot near the Spanaway Transit Center. Motorcycle v tow truck. Complete streets pre-design wrapped last year for this section, but we had our first pre-design meeting today for the Parkland/Spanaway section. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/t...
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Motorcyclist dead, both sides of State Route 7 closed after Spanaway crash
Authorities are still at the scene of the collision on State Route 7 and 204 Street East, Trooper Kameron Watts shared on X.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
American transportation policy in one photo
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
ST on ST. You better believe the Pierce delegation takes the bus 🚌
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This Sound Transit board meeting will never end, I think we're in hell.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Once a year the universe requires me to trip stepping off my front stoop and sprain my ankle. Today was unfortunately that day.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It's a packed house at UW Tacoma for a Transit Town Hall, hosted by Transportation Choices Coalition. Sound Transit board members Ryan Mello and Kristina Walker will be chatting with Tacoma on the Go's Laura Svancarek tonight about ST3.
Lots of people in a room in front of a projector slide advertising a transit town hall
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Pierce County wants light rail, Pierce County deserves light rail. downtownonthego.com/about/news-e...
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I'm sorry, what???
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Me: My spouse... Them: Your husband. Me: ... My Spouse. Them: Yes, your husband. Me: SO MY SPOUSE... Them: OK, your husband. Literally why.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Looking at my to-do list I wrote like an hour ago and spent a good five minutes trying to figure out what "who is streets?" means. I make things really easy for my future self.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Other people using AI making my life harder? No way, what a shock.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Happy 65th, Steven. We miss you.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
❤️💔
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Unironically was asked "but is anyone thinking about safety for drivers" in a meeting this evening
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I actually do not enjoy going to Zoo Tunes, but we missed The Beths in Seattle last year so I will take this opportunity for redemption.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
SeaTac: How dare you forget to take your laptop out of your backpack! Sacramento: What are you doing?? Laptops stay in backpacks!
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Transportation Choices Coalition @transpochoices.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"One of the most important actions we can take to further mobility justice in this state is to get Pierce Transit’s buses running more often." New op-ed by @kirkhovenkotter.com of TCC and @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social of Tacoma On the Go in @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/16/o...
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Op-Ed: Pierce County Must Run a Transit Ballot Measure in 2026 » The Urbanist
# The Pierce Transit Board is considering a ballot measure in November 2026 that would boost funding in order to expand bus service, make routes more frequent, and create new transit connections to li...
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
How is it possibly only Tuesday
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Football
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The chokehold that Hayley Williams has on me is unreal
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 03/02/2026
NEW STORY // Becoming a ’15-Minute City’ Could Be Within Reach for Tacoma Story by Carolyn Bick via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/03/b...
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Becoming a ’15-Minute City’ Could Be Within Reach for Tacoma » The Urbanist
# Panelists at a recent Tacoma On the Go event laid out ways that the Grit City could break car dependence and become a city of walkable 15-minute neighborhoods.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Neighbors replaced their old truck with an oversized truck. Everytime they slam the doors closed it sets my dogs off cause it's so much louder. Cool!
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Sorry if you've emailed me in the last month and a half. I don't reply to emails anymore. Maybe try again another time.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
January 7th, got my first TWO Lauren emails of the year #blessed #newyearnewme #imlaurennow
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Last NYE Rey got unjustly fired and I found out my friend had been murdered, so like. Anything's gotta be better than that. It was an awful way to end a really hard year, but 2025 has been a great year.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Today I learned (in a conversation with @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social about her new bill, HB 2095) that in Washington a driver is currently presumed liable for a collision if they strike a bridge, but not if they strike and harm someone walking on a sidewalk.
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Laura Sv @lauraridesbuses.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
An artist drew a bunch of commenters from Tuesday's council meeting and genuinely this is so cool!!! Gunterjenn on IG, tons of these that really capture a long, busy meeting.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We should have better freedom of choice in transportation rather than being forced into the financial burden of car dependency.
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