Monthly Archives: October 2015
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Reveals Low-Cost Sidewalk Program
Walking is getting a lot of attention in Seattle recently, and unsurprisingly, much of that has to do with rapid growth and changing expectations...
Solutions Coming for Missing Sidewalks in Seattle
There may be solutions soon for one of Seattle's longest-lasting infrastructure problems. Since the middle of last century when the City annexed land in...
Will Soil Save Cities from Climate Change?
After reading Kristin Ohlson’s The Soil Will Save Us, I was tempted to pack up and head for the countryside to become an organic...
ICYMI: Seattle Gets Six New School Safety Zones With Speed Cameras
Seattle is going all in on Vision Zero, the City's campaign to eliminate serious injury and traffic deaths on City streets by 2030, with...
Fact Check: No Explosion in Demolitions
Two recent articles, the first in ARCADE magazine, the second a follow-up in Seattle Magazine, have claimed that Seattle is experiencing an enormous and...
Take Action: Help Expand Access to Bike Share
The Seattle City Council is setting an important agenda on the City's upcoming budget. There's a lot of important issues that Council will sink...
Observing People in Pike Place, Part 2
Article Note: This is the second installment in a series on observations of people in Pike Place. See Part 1 for a brief background of public...
Sunday Video: Permeable Concrete
Tarmac, a British company, shows just how much water their permeable concrete can absorb. Using mixer truck, 4,000 liters of water are sucked through...