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Monthly Archives: February 2017

King County Metro Poised To Expand And Revise Late-Night Bus Service

Late-night bus service is poised to get a major upgrade this year. The Night Owl route network will get a boost in service hours...

What Upzoning Can Do

"The solution: Americans, together and all at once, would have to stop thinking about their homes as an investment," Conor Dougherty wrote in The Upshot this past...

Fremont Contract Rezone And Citywide Displacement Analysis Move Forward

Last Tuesday, the Seattle Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee heard two short briefings on a proposed contract rezone in Fremont and a draft resolution...

Reminder: Next Urbanist Meetup Is Tomorrow, February 15

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

Getting The Bike Master Plan Back On Track

Last week, we reported on Commute Seattle's survey of downtown commute modes, which is getting widely shared because it reports single occupant vehicle (SOV)...

How Smart Cities Are Coming Together

One of the most exciting aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT) is that we're slowly but surely moving toward a world where our...

Sunday Video: Hope for the City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUk5pkFHcx8 If you aren't familiar with Jarrett Walker, check out Human Transit. His firm, Jarrett Walker & Associates, is based in Portland, Oregon.

What We’re Reading: All-Way, See The City, And ST 2041

Bigger, but not better?: Warsaw could become one of the largest European cities by annexing surrounding suburbs and cities, but the city's government is...