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Monthly Archives: December 2017

Issaquah Updates Its Central District Visions

As the part of the Central Issaquah development moratorium, the city is refreshing the district visions established in the original Central Issaquah Plan (CIP)...

Reconnected Thomas Street at Aurora to Get Traffic Diverter

As soon as Seattle's SR-99 tunnel opens in 2019, work will begin to de-highway-ify Aurora Ave N south of the tunnel portal in South...

December 12: Meet Erin House at The Urbanist Meetup

The Urbanist will be joined by Erin House at our December 12 meetup. Erin is the Coalition and Outreach Manager for Seattle for Everyone,...

Seattle Council Approves Arena MOU and Some Short-Term Rental Regulations

On Monday, the Seattle City Council approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Oak View Group (OVG) paving the was for a $600...

Urbanist To-Do List: Submit Feedback On Seattle’s Comp Plan Changes

We're going to switch up the format a little this week. First up on our list is our top pick for an action you...

Seoul’s Lessons for Seattle Transit and Land Use

 In 1960, just several years after the devastation of the Korean War and with 35 years of armed Japanese occupation in the recent past,...

What We’re Reading: Congestion Pricing, MSFT Expanding, and Oly Wants Housing

Pay the piper: Uber and Lyft should pay road user fees, perhaps to help fund public transit. Making a difference: Kirsten Harris-Talley served as a...

Sunday Video: SR-520 Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bvgINBQQEQ The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will finally open a pedestrian and bicycle trail on SR-520 later this month, as highlighted in the...