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Monthly Archives: February 2018

Frequent Transit Nodes and What They Mean for Urban Village Expansions

Ten urban villages' boundaries are expanding in the latest batch of Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) rezones, but by the city's own logic...

Top Urbanist Action: RSVP For Urbanist Volunteer Orientation

Start volunteering your time for urbanism: The Urbanist will hold its first (of what hopefully becomes regular) volunteer orientation. We'll walk through what the...

Meeting Demand for 66 Million Passengers: Sea-Tac Airport Plan Update

Earlier this month, the Port of Seattle Commission was briefed on an update of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) for Sea-Tac International Airport....

Sprucing Up Alleys in South Downtown

Progress on active alleys continues in Pioneer Square. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has recently wrapped up work on the next upgrade phase...

What We’re Reading: Blind Spot, Microtransit, and SRO Is Art

Gut check: Should landlords get to use a “gut check” when picking tenants? Blind spot: Streetsblog discusses the "environmentalist blind spot" on transportation. Booming ridership: Ridership on...

Sunday Video: Hosting the Olympics Is Broken. Let’s Fix It.

https://youtu.be/uw-imWvCrKs In this episode, City Beautiful covers the topic of the Olympics. The Olympics are often known for overpromising long-term investment and being highly disruptive...

Activists Rally for Big Solutions to Seattle’s Housing Gap

Council Chambers were packed Tuesday evening as housing advocates rallied for solutions to Seattle's affordability crisis. The  "Housing Gap" meeting called by Councilmember Teresa...

City Releases Draft Design Guidelines Changes for South Lake Union

Last week, the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development released draft changes for the South Lake Union design guidelines. That guidelines have been...