Yearly Archives: 2018
Bike Everywhere Month: Exploring Our Region By Bike Has Never Been...
The sun is finally out and May is Bike Everywhere Month, so what better time to get out on a bike for some car...
Seattle Council Passes Smaller $275 Head Tax After Mayor Durkan Threatens...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed an amended version of the Employee Hours "Head" Tax built on a compromise with Mayor Jenny...
Allow Cooperatives in Seattle’s Single Family Zones to Boost Affordable Housing
Seattle is in the midst of a broad and deep housing shortage affecting households across the economic spectrum, which will require bold action on...
Metro Ending Backdoor Sensory Technology Across the Bus System
Shouts of "backdoor" are quickly returning to Seattle buses. A few months ago, King County Metro Transit began phasing out sensory technology for rear...
What We’re Reading: Bus-Loving City, High Impact Tourism, and Build Small
A bus-loving city: CityLab took a deep dive this week into why Seattle is America's most bus-loving city.
Backing Cascadia HSR: Microsoft has kicked in...
Sunday Video: German Pedestrianized Streets
https://youtu.be/Vl02v7bzIYc
Several streets in Iserlohn, Germany are highlighted in this video as fußgängerzonen (pedestrian streets), a street typology severely lacking in America.
Amazon Is Wrong on the Head Tax
The standoff last week between Amazon and the City of Seattle should leave the 20 cities vying for Amazon's second headquarters with no illusions...
Reasons I Continue to Drive Buses
"A familiar face came into focus amongst the crowd. There she was: a middle-aged Vietnamese woman I've seen only a few times in as...