Monthly Archives: August 2017
Map of the Week: The High Cost of Single Family Housing
Sightline's Margaret Morales published a great piece yesterday using housing data to show that multi-family housing helps make Seattle neighborhoods more affordable. Detached single-family...
Two New South Sounder Trips Debut in September
Sound Transit is adding new trips to the South Sounder line later in September. Two additional roundtrips will be added to better address crowding...
Rainier Avenue Data Suggests Road Diet Hasn’t Gone Far Enough Yet
Last week on Twitter, I provocatively asked, “Was the Rainier Ave road diet pilot a failure?“ While any roadway improvements that convert four lanes...
Spot Fix: SDOT To Convert Three Signals To All-Way Stop
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has selected three signals across the city to be converted to all-way stops. The conversions require reprogramming signals...
Statement On The Seattle Fair Growth Interview
I should probably introduce myself. I'm Doug Trumm: Seattle Renter, Fair-Weather Bicyclist, Committed Urbanist. I recently agreed to serve as the Publication Director of...
Teresa Mosqueda Is Our Guest Speaker for September 12 Urbanist Meetup
For our September meetup, The Urbanist is excited to be joined by Teresa Mosqueda, our endorsed candidate for Seattle City Council Position 8 (at-large)....
Seattle Fair Growth: An Interview, Part 2 – Housing Debate
Introduction
With the goal of bridging the political divide and challenging my own assumptions, I sat down with Sarajane Siegfriedt (SS) and Jon Lisbin (JL)...
SDOT Finalizes 65th Street Vision Zero Concepts
The Seattle Department Transportation is moving forward on making significant changes to NE 65th Street in North Seattle after asking for feedback on several...