Monthly Archives: March 2018
This Small Wallingford Apartment Building Is Fine-Grained Urbanism at Its Finest
Alchemy's proposal for 40 small efficiency apartments in Wallingford could get the green light at its Design Review Recommendation meeting on Monday. As tenants...
Urban Clustering: A Case for Cascadia High-Speed Rail
The Cascadia high-speed rail cost estimate in the preliminary study caused fiscal conservatives to clinch their cheeks together. Nonetheless, plenty of reasons exist to...
City Council Briefed on Downtown Circulator and Seattle Streetcar
On Tuesday, the Sustainability and Transportation Committee of the Seattle City Council received updates on the downtown circulator and streetcar system speed and reliability...
Top Urbanist Action: Apply to Serve on the Renters’ Commission
Apply to Serve on the Renters' Commission: Seattle's renter commission is a relatively new group, formed in the last year, serving as an official...
Seattle Imposes One-Year Moratorium on Rental Housing Bidding Platforms
On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted to impose a one-year moratorium on rental housing bidding platforms. Landlords in the city had been using...
British Columbia Goes All In on Rapid Transit, Funds High-Speed Rail...
On Friday, the British Columbian governments declared support for studying high-speed rail from Vancouver to Portland and building out key transit and transportation projects...
What We’re Reading: Kenmore Urbanism, Federal Regression, and Disputable Fugures
Sky high: After delays, the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah is getting construction underway.
Kenmore urbanism: Crosscut highlighted this week how urban life is taking...
A Closer Look at Plans to Add Safety Improvements in Green...
In Green Lake and Wallingford, design for a series of related paving and safety redesign projects is moving forward. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)...