Monthly Archives: April 2018
Recharge The Battery Advocates Back with New Promenade Vision
In late March, the Seattle City Council voted to turn the Battery Street Tunnel into a modern-day urban landfill. Many local community groups and...
City Council Creates New Central Area Design Review Board and Guidelines,...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council commissioned design guidelines and a new design review board specifically for the Central Area. The design program will...
35th Ave SW Safety Project in West Seattle Will Not Be...
In 2015, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) rechannelized a two-mile stretch of 35th Ave SW in West Seattle from SW Roxbury St near...
Amazon Should Help Close the Center City Connector’s Budget Shortfall
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) estimates Center City Connector's budget shortfall is $23 million, which prompted Mayor Jenny Durkan to put a six-month...
What We’re Reading: Work of Art, New Presence, and Climate Impacts
Climate impacts: Seattle may think it has a lot of rain now, but climate change could mean the region is unprepared for future impacts.
In...
Sunday Video: Link Light Rail Maintenance
https://youtu.be/FWTynkrnE8s
Sound Transit goes behind the scenes to show the people who keep Link light rail trains running seven days a week. The video also...
Nathan Converses with His Colleagues: VI
He was showing me his app. I saw a series of vertical green bars laid across an X-axis.
Our shifts now concluded, after an evening...
Is Seattle’s Climate Action Plan A Plan Of Inaction?
On Wednesday, Mayor Jenny Durkan reaffirmed Seattle’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, and unveiled the climate mitigation plan, Seattle Climate Action. She promised to...