Monthly Archives: July 2017
Public Hearing Tonight On Chinatown-International District Rezone
The area of Chinatown-International District is already zoned for tall buildings, but a new neighborhood zoning proposal could push building heights higher and allow...
Is Seattle Divided Politically Between Renters and Homeowners?
In the midst of election season it’s hard to keep up with the volume of candidate questionnaires and the information they offer. One questionnaire...
Map Of The Week: Seattle Subway Vision Map
Seattle Subway, a local grassroots transit advocacy group, has a new regional vision map out that charts where they think future light rail lines...
Wednesday: Join Futurewise and TCC for Urbanist Trivia!
Test your metropolitan mettle! Join Transportation Choices Coalition and Futurewise for a fun urbanist trivia night hosted by The Urbanist. Nerd out with questions...
What We’re Reading: Cold Water, Predictive Data, And Dockless Mayhem
DART shakeup: Dallas officials are enthusiastic about pushing forward sensible local bus network changes.
Frightening: One person biking catches a scary hit-and-run of person biking...
Sway Public Policy, Open Comment Periods July 17th – 23rd
This is The Urbanist's first crack at summarizing open public comment period. Each week we'll provide a list of ongoing policy that is open...
Routes 3 And 4 Should Stay On James Street
King County Metro is proposing to move the Route 3 and Route 4 off of James Street and onto Yesler Way through the growing...
Sunday Video: Nijmegen The City That Tamed Cars So People Can...
In this follow-up short on Nijmegen, Streetfilms digs deep into the walk and bike culture of this Dutch city, which held the Velo-City 2017...