Yearly Archives: 2018
What We’re Reading: Decongest NYC, Rahm’s Out, and Eighth Inning
Decongest NYC: New York City may pass decongestion pricing without state blessing.
Renewing Access: With poor performance, King County Metro is looking to improve its...
Pretty Sure I Don’t Deserve This
"Congratulations," a friend once told me, after I'd finally gotten a New York literary agent. "Let yourself feel it today, and breathe. You deserve...
Council Appears Poised to Act on Tree Canopy Protections
Seattle hopes to tackle the loss of tree canopy through new regulations, which is gradually falling according to recent data. In late August, a...
Eleven Ways Adaptive Signals Frustrate, Discourage, and Endanger People Who Walk
Things don’t always work as planned. That certainly must be the feeling at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) after the rollout of high-tech...
Why Small Efficiency Homes Have a Big Price Tag
A proposed development in the Central Area demonstrates why Seattle's micro-housing of the present does not offer the affordability of the past.
At 159 12th...
Streetcar Review Confirms Robust Ridership Projections, Durkan Continues Delay
The long-awaited consultant report on the Center City Connector is finally out, and while sticker shock has been dominating the headlines, the case for...
Your Voice, Your Choice Wraps Up Second Year with 51 Project...
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has wrapped up a second year of its citywide participatory voting program, Your Voice Your Choice (YVYC), to select...
What We’re Reading: Save The Whales, Pre-Fab Bus Islands, and Land...
Not voter-approved: In Phoenix, the city council appears intent on stealing light rail money for road projects instead.
Save the whales: The effort to remove...