Yearly Archives: 2016

What We Are Reading: A Diet That Really Works

A (Road) Diet That Really Works:  Early data shows that Rainier Avenue (the city's most deadly street) has seen 15 percent fewer collisions, 31...

Vision Zero Is About Road Design

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been on a marketing blitz lately promoting Vision Zero. There have been Facebook ads, web videos, and...

Comment On Changes To Routes 3 And 4

King County Metro announced on Thursday that they are going forward with their plans to re-route the northern end of the 3/4 buses to...

Midweek Video: Lid I-5

Late last month, our own Scott Bonjukian participated in Capitol Hill Housing's annual community forum, called Gearshift 2016, to present the concept of freeway lids...

Next Meetup And Speaker Is June 14

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

New North Precinct Building: $160 Million, 70% Parking, 88% Staffed With...

The Seattle police are in the news again. This time for a lavish new $160 million North Precinct building that The Seattle Times' Brier...

Is ST3 Fully Serving Ballard?

Last week, the Sound Transit board unanimously voted to proceed with sending the full Sound Transit 3 project list to voters in November. This project...

REDI Fund Agreement & New Tenant Protections Approved By Council

Two housing-related bills passed out of the chambers of the Seattle City Council on Monday. The first of the two is a proposal to...