Yearly Archives: 2016

Metro Makes Quiet, Incomprehensible Changes To Route 62

A bit more than a week ago, King County Metro made a quiet revision to the northeastern tail of Route 62. Introduced as part of...

Wrong Again, Seattle Times: ST3’s Time Has Come

Here we find ourselves again: trying to untangle a web of lies, insanity, and inanity courtesy of the crack editorial board at The Seattle...

Support Seattle’s Housing Levy And Vote YES On Seattle Proposition 1...

Voters this August have the opportunity to take a major step forward in addressing Seattle’s growing housing affordability crisis by supporting Proposition 1, the Seattle...

Seattle Council Considers Residential Mandatory Housing Affordability

Earlier this month, the Seattle City Council's Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee deliberated on the details of the proposed Mandatory Housing Affordability-Residential...

Western Avenue Is The Key To A Vibrant Waterfront

Now that Bertha is fully repaired, beefed up, and churning away in earnest, it’s becoming easier to contemplate the demise of the Viaduct. And...

Sunday Video: How Highways Wrecked American Cities

Vox charts more than a half-century of highway building across America in under five minutes. The video dives into how American road building was...

What We’re Reading: Skybridges, Arts District, And A Summer Tradition

Ground-high not sky-high?: Spokane Rising says that it's time to stem the tide of new skybridges in Spokane because they harm street-level activity. Wrong approach: CityLab...

AngryNice II: Tran Chimes In

Tran's telling me an anecdote from earlier in the day. Have I told you about him? Tran's the scruffy Vietnamese guy who knows all...