Monthly Archives: October 2015
What We’re Reading: Move Seattle, Vote Yes on Prop 1
At a crossroads: Next City walks us through the affordable housing crisis in Seattle and the promise of HALA.
Tiny skyscrapers: New York City continues with...
Smells Like Chicken
Five minutes after a phone conversation in which I got dumped, this guy showed up and asked if I wanted any fried chicken. He...
Fridaygram: Japanese Shotengai
Shotengai are a type of shopping arcade found in Japan. Their varied layouts provide both a safe pedestrian experience and true mixed shopping capabilities...
Efficiency, Equity Discussed at Forum on Seattle’s Transportation Congestion
On Thursday, night the University of Washington hosted a lively panel discussion on Seattle's infamous traffic woes. Organized by The Seattle Times, four experts...
Put Your Feet First and Move Seattle: Vote YES on Prop...
This November, Seattle voters will have the opportunity to vote YES on ballot Proposition 1, a nine-year transportation levy. Proposition 1 would replace the...
This Time For Real: New Real-Time Arrival Information Signs Now (Partially)...
North Seattle has a bunch of new real-time arrival signs (RTIS) and many of them are now live. Way back in August, I reported...
Map(s) of the Week: Safe Routes to School Maps
For many parents, getting their children to and from school safely is an issue of deep concern. Now parents have a new tool at...
Missing the Forest for the Trees
Crosscut recently published a piece by Eric Scigliano exalting the importance of urban tree canopy while decrying density as the “mortal enemy of trees.” The...