Monthly Archives: March 2017
Urbanist Tour: High Point Neighborhood on March 25
The Urbanist is delighted to announce the kick-off of our 2017 tour season. We'll be taking to you to the hidden nooks and splendid...
SDOT Reveals New Southeast Seattle Repaving Project Concepts
New concepts for three corridors chosen for repaving in Southeast Seattle have been released. The first draft for corridor concepts were released by the...
Amtrak Cascades Previews New Siemens Charger Locomotives
On Monday, Amtrak Cascades showed off one of their new Siemens-designed locomotives via Twitter, which are set to undergo testing. The first Siemens SC-44...
Community Transit To Boost Service In September 2017 And March 2018
On Friday, Community Transit announced substantial service improvements slated for this September and next March. At least 21,000 new service hours would added to...
King County Set To Part With Convention Place Station for $161...
Last week King County announced a tentative deal to sell perhaps the largest remaining undeveloped property in Seattle's city center. The 4.1-acre Convention Place...
Field of Dreams: A Missed Opportunity To Change Course On Homeless...
As I write this, city officials are conducting a sweep of The Field of Dreams, a homeless encampment next to an I-90 overpass in...
Seattle Times Is Epically Wrong On Alleviating Traffic Jams
The Seattle Times Editorial Board (STEB) publishing bad transportation ideas is hardly a surprise, but, even for them, Sunday's editorial took their trolling and scapegoating to a...
Next Urbanist Meetup is Tuesday, March 14th
Another month, another meetup with The Urbanist! Our meetups are open to all and free to attend, so come by if you want to...