Yearly Archives: 2016

Pulling Our Weight, Part I

"Alright, Cloverdale is next," I told them, "by the Mini-Mart. And South Lake High School. Also, this bus continues up the hill, to Prentice....

What We’re Reading: University Link Is Nearly Here!

#NoNewRoads: Strong Towns ran a special series on #NoNewRoads and featured a variety of pieces on Washington's wasteful highway spending. Streets for people: Seattle Neighborhood Greenways suggests...

Are Washington State’s Highway Expansion Plans A Good Investment?

This article originally appeared as a special piece on Strong Towns, which is in the midst of #NoNewRoads week and dedicated Thursday to Washington...

Map of the Week: AccessMap Seattle

Navigating around the City of Seattle can be very difficult for those who care for or live with mobility limitations. Many of our streets...

A Plan To Fix The Perpetually Late Route 8

King County Metro (Metro) is working with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) on a plan to improve travel times and reliability for the...

More Pot Shops In Seattle? It’s All In The Zoning

Let's talk pot. Washington voters passed Initiative 502, a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana production and consumption through the state, by a healthy margin in...

Improved Walking, Biking, And Transit Facilities Coming To Roosevelt, But It...

A 1.7-mile corridor in Northeast Seattle is getting major street improvements in 2016. Though billed as a repaving project, the Roosevelt corridor improvements will...

University Link: Here We Go…Opening March 19th

A start date for the opening of the new University Link extension has been set for Saturday, March 19th at 10 a.m. King County Executive...