Grant Olsen

@grantaskswhy.bsky.social

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street design fixer, audio polisher, transit rider, bicycle rider

Electrical outlets and a water spigot in a parking lot are surrounded by four bollards that have a yellow plastic covering.
Video of flipping through the pages of the photo book Women Changing Cities written by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett and published by RIBA.
At the edge of an empty parking lot, there is a sign that reads iHeart Media Employee Parking Only.
A screenshot of a weather radar image of central Missouri. There are yellow polygons overlayed that indicate the position of severe thunderstorm warnings between Kansas City and Jefferson City. There are green polygons indicating where creeks and rivers have flood warnings.
The aftermath of a car driver crash into a restaurant. The car is fully inside the building. The first room damaged is labeled Game Room by a neon sign. A firefighter in turnout gear standing next to the driver's door which is open. One of the TVs is showing a March Madness NCAA tournament game. One of the TVs is showing a hockey game. Tables and chairs are tipped over or upside down.
A bollard front and centered near the entrance to an escalator which goes up. The photo is taken from the height of the top of the bollard. There are symbols on the bollard which direct people with large luggage, child strollers, scooters, or bicycles to use the nearby elevator instead of the escalator. The photo was taken at the Dulles International Airport subway station in Virginia for Washington D.C. area transit provider WMATA.
Screenshot of a Facebook post from the City of Oxford, Mississippi on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 3:51 a.m. The text reads Due to life-threatening conditions, Oxford Utilities has made the difficult decision to pull our crews off the road for the night. The situation is currently too dangerous to continue. Trees are actively snapping and falling around our linemen while they are in the bucket trucks. We simply cannot clear the lines faster than the limbs are falling. We will resume full operations at first light. Please stay safe and stay inside.
A world map with text labels on Canada, Venezuela, and Russia.
Two images. The top image is a typical suburban residential street in North America. The bottom image is the top image plus four flower planter wood boxes on the pavement. The position of the planter boxes requires drivers to weave left and right.
Illustration compares the front blind spot between a rear engine flat front bus and the traditional front engine hood.
Oil-stained concrete
A black adult sized electric tricycle with two wheels in front and one wheel in back. The area in front of where the rider sits is a platform for transporting materials.
A symbol of a bicycle and a symbol for pedestrians are seen on top of snow that has tractor tire marks and bicycle tire marks. The symbols are from a light projector off-screen.