Monthly Archives: September 2016
“Repaving” Projects Coming To Southeast And Northeast Seattle In 2018
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is planning for new "repaving" projects in Southeast Seattle and Northeast Seattle. In Southeast Seattle, SDOT plans to...
Capitol Hill Station Is A Factor In Restricted Parking Zone Changes
Capitol Hill is looking at another Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ), this time in the northern shoals of the neighborhood. The proposal is moving forward...
Mayor Murray Delays North Precinct Project
Yesterday morning, I attended a Seattle Design Commission meeting on the parking design of the North Precinct building. By the evening, Mayor Ed Murray...
Regional Proposition 1: A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity
In the late 1960s, Seattle and the Puget Sound region had the chance to build a modern, grade-separated transit system. The warning signs, that...
Map Of The Week: PARK(ing) Day 2016
PARK(ing) Day is returning to Seattle this Friday with 47 parklets and four pop-up street improvements across the city. Scores of parking spots will temporarily be...
Pronto Station Comes To UW Station
On Wednesday, Pronto Cycle Share announced at the last minute that they were relocating two stations immediately. Word had been filtering down through various...
PLUZ Committee Discusses Seattle 2035 Again, But Future Land Use Changes...
The Seattle City Council will hold a public hearing on the major update to Seattle's Comprehensive Plan. Better known as Seattle 2035, the drafted...
Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Barbara Swift
Barbara Swift, FASLA, founded Swift Company in 1982. Swift Company is a landscape architecture and urban design practice dedicated to creating powerful places for civic...