Monthly Archives: July 2018
How Electric-Assist Bikes Will Make More People Ride
A few weeks ago, a group opposed to adding bike lanes to a North Seattle arterial tweeted out, “Single mothers don’t commute to work...
What We’re Reading: Vacancies Rising, Back to Basics, and Reducing Pollution
Vacancies rising: In the core of Downtown Seattle, 26% of apartment dwelling units are empty ($).
Going all in: A non-profit developer is planning more than...
Seattle Hopes Early Community Engagement Will Help Shape Design
Under new rules that started this month, early community engagement will be a key element of Seattle's design review process. Policymakers hope that the...
Transit App Rolls Out New Batch of Refinements
New improvements have come to Transit, a versatile trip planning app, focused on providing better information about real-time arrival information and vehicle location. The...
Pour One Out for the True Victims of the Housing Crisis:...
The Seattle Times Editorial Board weighed in on pending reform to increase backyard cottage and garage apartments in single family zones and it was...
What the 2018 Population Estimate Tells Us About Flattening Rents in...
Seattle rents appeared to have flattened beginning late last year. Since then, as subsequent rent surveys strengthened the pattern, the consistent explanation has been the...
Sunday Video: Vancouver Dad On Raising Five Free-Range Kids In City...
https://youtu.be/skaoQy04EjU
This short documentary takes a look at the lives of a father and his five kids living in a smallish central Vancouver tower condominium...