Monthly Archives: February 2015
What We’re Reading: Downtown Seattle Is King
By the numbers: All the key numbers of a growing, changing, and vibrant Downtown Seattle.
Learning from Spock: You'd have to live a hole at this...
Can’t Stop the Sound Transit Train, Growth at Breakneck Speed
Time and time again, we wonder: when will transit rider growth diminish? And time and time again, we've been pleasantly surprised that it hasn't...
March Is Women’s Bike Month
Biking is a heavily male-dominated sport and mode of transportation. Locally, we're still subject to the huge gender gap in biking with nearly 71% of bike...
Roosevelt Station 90% Design Open House
On Wednesday, Sound Transit held an open house at Roosevelt High School to discuss the 90% station design benchmark for Roosevelt Station. As a...
Historic FCC Votes on Internet Freedom Set to Enable Seattle Municipal...
Creating vibrant and successful urban environments requires infrastructure and access to services. We include access to the Internet as being critical in a 21st...
CascadiaCast Episode 1: Ben Schiendelman
I'm excited to announce the start of a new podcast series for fellow urbanists in the Pacific Northwest entitled CascadiaCast. I'll be sitting down...
ICYMI: Mayor Murray Says More Parklets…And “Streateries”
This past weekend, Mayor Ed Murray was at the grand opening of Seattle's sixth parklet. Located in front of the Uptown Cinema, the SIFF-sponsored...
Commute Seattle Study Shows Only 31% of Downtown Commuters Drive Alone
Commute Seattle released new survey data,with the help of EMC Research, that shows a growing percentage of Downtown commuters rely on modes other than single...