Monthly Archives: March 2016
City Council Votes Today On Buying Pronto Bike Share
Update: Pronto is saved! The bill allocating $1.4 million to buy out Pronto passed 7 - 2 , with Councilmembers Tim Burgess and Lisa...
Urbanist Walking Tour: Convention Center Addition
The Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition will be a $1.4 billion, 1.5 million square feet structure that doubles visitor and exhibition capacity. John...
#Greenwood
As our city continues to discuss how we grow, one phrase that we hear often is “Neighborhood Character.” Often the issue of Neighborhood Character...
Sunday Video: What Defines Dutch Cycling?
The Dutch love to ride their bikes in some unique ways: carrying friends on fenders, towing their four-legged pals at their side, and carrying...
What We’re Reading: Not So Keen On Roundabouts
German ingenuity: The Germans are building affordable housing on top of parking lots in Munich.
Olympic scale: A new £1.3 billion masterplan is out for the...
Janette Sadik-Khan To Interview Mayor Murray On March 21st
Janette Sadik-Khan is coming to town to plug her new book, Street-Fight: Handbook for a Urban Revolution, and interview Mayor Ed Murray at an...
Neighborhood Street Fund Grants Deadline Approaches
Though most major transportation improvements are funded from the top down, there are a number of funds that the Seattle Department of Transportation has...
Urbanist Walking Tour: Pike Place Market
The first Urbanist walking tour of 2016 will be heading to Pike Place Market, the oldest continually operating truly public market in North America....