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Suggestions to improve the One Seattle plan include allow bigger building, embrace transit-oriented development, and jettison parking requirements. We can create a Seattle pulls the working class in rather than pushing them out.
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Aurora Avenue Is Seattle’s Pass/Fail Test on Vision Zero
The current attempt to reshape how Aurora Avenue operates represents a phenomenal test for the City of Seattle. Is its pledge to end traffic deaths real or just for show?
Op-Ed: Why We’re Taking Burien’s Minimum Wage to the Ballot Box
Raise the Wage Burien is bringing together a coalition of workers, community groups, and labor unions to gather petition signatures to put a measure on the ballot this fall to raise Burien’s minimum wage to parity with nearby cities like Tukwila, SeaTac, Seattle, and Renton. In contrast, the city council's version is riddled with loopholes.
Bellevue City Council All But Abandons ‘Bike Bellevue’ Network
By being crystal clear that most councilmembers don't support reallocating existing street space to create new bike corridors, the Bellevue City Council effectively rejected the network its transportation department created.
Metro Starts Federal Way Link Bus Restructure Planning
King County Metro is launching its bus restructure planning process to accompany Federal Way Link, which opens sometime in 2026 adding three stations and about eight miles of light rail between SeaTac and Federal Way. Fill out Metro's scoping survey.
Local Labor Leaders Hope to Sustain ‘Year of the Union’ Momentum
2023 was a banner year for union organizing nationwide and locally, but much work remains in 2024 to sustain gains and expand on them. And corporate bosses are not taking this without a fight.
New Energy for Changes on MLK Corridor, But Few New Ideas
Recent initiatives at both Sound Transit and the City of Seattle have put the issue of safety along the at-grade segment of light rail tracks in the Rainier Valley back in the spotlight.
Sunday Video: What’s Happening With American Malls?
Malls have been closing up in America for years now, but remaining malls continue to reinvent themselves and some are seeing wild...
Join Us for Urbanist Panel Breaking Down 2024 Washington State Legislature...
The "Year of Housing 2.0" at the state legislature yielded less progress than expected. Our March 26 virtual event will conduct an autopsy.
Join The Urbanist for Monthly Meetup on March 21
We meet at Stoup Capitol Hill starting at 5:30pm on the third Thursday of the month. We'll discuss the Seattle Comprehensive Plan this month.
Join Seattle YIMBY for Forbidden Homes Walking Tour of Ballard
Join host Markus Johnson for a Ballard walking tour on Saturday, March 16. Attendees will discover surviving examples of mid-sized home options such as duplexes, triplexes and small apartment complexes, while learning what prompted their all but disappearance and discuss opportunities to bring them back.
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Bellevue City Council All But Abandons ‘Bike Bellevue’ Network
By being crystal clear that most councilmembers don't support reallocating existing street space to create new bike corridors, the Bellevue City Council effectively rejected the network its transportation department created.
Bellevue Official Cleared in Bike Bellevue Ethics Complaint
Franz Loewenherz, a longtime employee of Bellevue's transportation department, has been cleared of wrongdoing after an ethics investigation into his work on Bike Bellevue. The complaint was made by a project opponent, who did succeed in causing a minor delay.
Sunday Video: Kirkland’s History of Exclusion and Opportunities to Change That
Historian Lorraine McConaghy rehashes the arc of Kirkland's history from blue collar boomtown with an industrial waterfront to bust town to its high tech resurgence, all while using a lens of racial equity and housing exclusion.
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Op-Ed: Six Ways to Improve Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan
Suggestions to improve the One Seattle plan include allow bigger building, embrace transit-oriented development, and jettison parking requirements. We can create a Seattle pulls the working class in rather than pushing them out.
Growth Plan Falls Short of Seattle’s Needs, Planning Commission Says
The Seattle Planning Commission has given the proposed One Seattle Comprehensive Plan a once-over. The reviews are not good.
Op-Ed: Harrell’s Anemic Growth Plan Is Not ‘Space Needle Thinking’
The mayor's comprehensive plan proposal failed to deliver real solutions on housing abundance, affordability, and climate. It promises only modest zoning changes at the margins and 100,000 additional homes over 20 years.
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The Urbanist Podcast: Vote Up to the End
It's time to vote for Seattle City Council, a housing levy, and elected positions all over King County. The Urbanist has published its general...
Guest Podcast: Recycling America’s Railroads into Trails
The Urbanist Podcast is on summer break so we thought we'd share with you a guest podcast on a topic near and dear to...
The Urbanist Podcast: All About 2023 Primary Endorsements
Primary election ballots are arriving in the mail and due by August 1st. In the run up The Urbanist Elections Committee has been hard...
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