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Yearly Archives: 2016

Community Ownership Event Energizes Housing Advocates

Right before snow coated the Emerald City's streets on Thursday, more than a hundred housing advocates gathered at the Central Library to hear a panel...

Reminder: Next Meetup and Speaker Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 13

Another month, another meetup with The Urbanist! Our meetups are open to all and free to attend, so come by if you want to...

Capitol Hill Station Doesn’t Need Any Parking

Sound Transit's Capitol Hill station marks a crucial turning point for the agency. The fruit of years of advocates pressing the agency to more...

Sunday Video: Vancouver’s Multi-Modal Success

Streetfilms highlights the multi-modal success of Vancouver, BC. https://vimeo.com/193996060

What We’re Reading: Amazon Go, Bmorebikes, And Vancouver Solutions

Starved for cash: Perennial anti-government provocateur and initiative abuser Tim Eyman has had a profound impact on disinvestment in Eastern Washington due to his...

Some Things Just Aren’t Supposed to Make Sense

"Heeegghhh," he said. "Aw yeah," I said. Just pretend you completely understand the guy, is what I told myself. Most of communication is body language anyway. When...

Don’t Renegotiate The Grand Bargain, Pass M2 Upzones To Unlock 11%...

When I criticized Sightline's framing of Seattle's Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program, a few people suggested I was providing "fodder to NIMBYs." I'm not...

Microhousing Is Not A Prison Cell, Look To The Housing Crisis...

Yesterday The Seattle Times ran a story titled "Seattle’s newest apartments: ‘prison cell’ with no door for toilet." It's easy to channel righteous anger at housing...