Yearly Archives: 2015
Plain I See You, Western Youths
I'm doing lunges at Henderson, down and up the inside of the coach, when a girl in sweats and horizontal zebra stripes comes forward, tentatively...
Relocating a Pronto! station for the sake of political correctness
By now, you've probably read about or seen those green bikes roaming the streets of Seattle from the bikesharing service Pronto! Launched in Fall 2014, 50...
Seattle Adopts Aggressive Vision for Zero Traffic Deaths
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, alongside his police chief and transportation director, announced last week the goal of eliminating all citywide traffic deaths and serious...
ICYMI: Portion of the Burke-Gilman Trail reopens, work continues elsewhere
Last month, we reported on the closure of a western chunk of the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT) near the University of Washington. At the time,...
2&U: Like Floating on Stilts
Seattle could soon be seeing another tree-like tower dot the skyline. Skanska USA, a large national development firm, has partnered up with the architects of Pickard...
Sunday Video: Building Seattle One Permit At A Time
http://youtu.be/7rmk9X0ZYto
Seattle Building Permits Visualization by data.seattle.gov on YouTube.
A short visualization of building permits in Seattle since 2006. This is astounding!
What We’re Reading: Republicans Throwing the Monkey Wrenches
Trying to kneecap Sound Transit: Senate Republicans come up with a purported "bipartisan" statewide transportation plan that would give new funding authority for Sound Transit...
February 2015 Service Change for Metro, Community Transit, and Sound Transit
On, and around Valentine's Day, King County Metro, Sound Transit, and Community Transit will be implementing their late winter and early spring service changes....