Monthly Archives: February 2018
Seattle City Council Approves Affordable Housing Plan for Uptown Site and...
Yesterday, the Seattle City Council signed off an ordinance that could bring up to 100 more affordable housing units to Uptown. The city council...
Map of the Week: Cascadia Rail
On Monday, a new advocacy organization called Cascadia Rail announced itself to the world, piquing interest with their spiffy map by maestro cartographer Oran...
Sizeism: Why Small Homes Belong in Fremont and Seattle-wide
The urbanist community spit-taked last week reading a glib op-ed in The Seattle Times that railed against a project planned for Fremont which includes...
Top Urbanist Action: Speak Up For Mandatory Housing Affordability
Speak up for Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA): The city will be holding one of its first public comment sessions for MHA outside the center...
Biking in Magnolia and Interbay Got a Lot Easier with Recent...
Biking in Magnolia and Interbay has gotten much better. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) recently added buffered cycletracks to local streets. The project...
Sunday Video: Friends of the Benson Trolleys
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Take a step back in time to the golden age of streetcars in this video. Campaigners to restore the historic Benson waterfront trolleys share...
What We’re Reading: Filthy Operations, Nation’s Worst Traffic, and Future-Proofing
Snake oil: Washington lawmakers want the state to be exempt from a new federal plan to allow offshore drilling.
City fitness zones: Seattle has 16...
Call to Action: Attend MHA Public Hearing Monday in Wedgwood
On Monday, the City of Seattle is kicking off the public hearing process for the citywide Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) rezones at Eckstein Middle...