Yearly Archives: 2015
Share the City: Support the Full HALA Recommendations
Last week, amid much histrionics, The Seattle Times leaked a draft report of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee. Owen chimed in...
PSRC Regional Trip Survey: Driving Down, Active Transportation Up
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) recently released a report highlighting data from the 2014 Regional Travel Study and previous studies. The report compared the results from...
Sunday Video: Seattle Play Streets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh0NZYtiiZ4
Seattle just extended the citywide Play Streets pilot program until April 2016. Play Streets, in a lot of ways, are similar to block parties. Streets...
What We’re Reading: Everybody Else Bring Data
No lefts: New York City wants Google Maps to stop promoting left turns.
For the kids: A compelling case for why urban places are better for...
You’re in Town
There's still a face there, at the end of the line in Rainier Beach. She's in the back, on top of the rear wheel....
Stories from Metro Route 7: Emerald City Fish & Chips and...
The stop has no number written on the outside. It’s exposed. But on this day, this Saturday afternoon, the weather is fine. The sun...
Map of the Week: Seattle’s Secret Beaches
Seattle isn’t known as a beachfront city, but we’re home to over 200 miles of shoreline along Lake Union, Puget Sound, and Lake Washington....
Mayor’s Housing Committee Proposes Modifying Seattle’s Single-Family Zoning
On Tuesday afternoon The Seattle Times' Danny Westneat broke the news (in an inflammatory manner) that Mayor Ed Murray's committee on housing may recommend making...