Monthly Archives: April 2018
A Better Transit Hub for People: Union Station Should See Trains...
Seattle’s grandest train hall doesn't lie in the newly-restored King Street Station. That honor goes to Union Station, the 107-year old fallow station just...
What We’re Reading: Time to Plan, Streets for Streetcars, and Expand...
Paper straws: A Shoreline kindergartener wants Shoreline to only allow restaurants to use paper straws.
Time to plan: Is it time to start planning for...
Sunday Video: 24 Hours In Rotterdam
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In this video, locals and city officials from Rotterdam explain how the city center has had an intentional urban renaissance by increasing residential densities,...
The Joy of Bus Driving: II of II
This is a continuation of a story called "The Joy of Bus Driving Pt 1" .
The Kristofferson-John Wayne hybrid mentioned earlier, having long ago finished...
Two Urbanists and Joni Balter Debate Decongestion Pricing, the Streetcar and...
Last Friday's KUOW's Week in Review ended up being an excellent discussion of popular recent urbanism topics: decongestion pricing, the center city streetcar, and...
Sand Point Way NE To Get New Sidewalks, But Other Changes...
Sand Point Way NE has long been a busy street with high speeds, unpleasant intersections, and major gaps in the pedestrian network. In response...
Can Minimalist Painting Keep Its Privileged Position after SAM’s Figuring History...
One of the gifts of living in a large city is the presence of well-endowed cultural institutions. Sitting next to our theater companies, the...
Puget Sound Regional Council Plans to Add New Regional Centers Under...
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) has adopted a new framework for identifying and designating Regional Growth Centers (RGCs) and Manufacturing/Industrial Centers (M/ICs) in...