Monthly Archives: August 2016
Council To Adopt Mandatory Housing Affordability Residential Program
The Seattle City Council is poised to pass a landmark housing and land use policy today that will complete a two-pronged framework centered on delivering...
Madison Could Earn Bronze-Standard BRT
Relative to other medium-sized American cities, Seattle has a good bus network. What it doesn't have is a true bus rapid transit (BRT) line....
Sunday Video: 6,000 Years Of Urban Civilization
Over 6,000 years of civilization rises and falls in this short video by The Guardian. The video kicks off with the founding of the...
What We’re Reading: 25,000 Friends, False Choices, And Waterfront For All
25,000 friends: Sacramento is getting serious about maintaining and improving the city's tree canopy.
Still shaking: Initial numbers on the Northeast Seattle bus restructure are out,...
The Rise Of Roundabouts: Safer For All
Washington State is paving the way for other states on many important issues, including healthcare, worker pay, development and traffic safety. The rest of...
We Can Fund World Class Transit And World Class Education
As a parent who lives in the 36th District, and therefore a constituent of State Senator Reuven Carlyle, I share his concern that Washington...
Council Poised To Approve $149 Million North Precinct Design
The controversial, expensive, and seemingly rushed-through North Seattle police precinct is now headed for a vote of the full City Council on Monday, which...
39th Ave NE Greenway Improvements Wrapping Up In 2016
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is wrapping up some major Greenway improvements in Northeast Seattle. Stretching from the Burke-Gilman Trail in Bryant to NE 89th St...