Yearly Archives: 2018
Top Urbanist Action: Show Up For Inclusionary Zoning
Speak up for affordable housing and rezones: Public input for Mandatory Housing Affordability rezones, outside the central city, officially kicks off this week in District...
Service Changes Planned for I-90 Corridor Buses in September
Sound Transit and King County Metro Transit are planning changes to the bus routes on a portion of the I-90 corridor. Changes are slated...
What Is A Housing Emergency Really?
I want to tell you about 417 acres of land owned by the city of Seattle, about 1% of the Seattle that does not...
Sunday Video: The Genius of the London Tube Map
In this short video, TED Michael Beirut talks about the modern London Tube map. He says that Harry Beck's version brought brilliant simplicity to mapmaking...
What We’re Reading: Climate Hawk
Climate Hawk - David Roberts writes about the difference between being an environmentalist and a climate hawk: "The wealthy developed world, but especially the US...
The Invisible Update
A year and half ago, the sight was a sorry one. A man and his son, the father ribbed in sweat, the coked-out shameless...
Thurston County Transit Funding Bill Could Get State Senate Floor Vote
Thurston County's Intercity Transit could get new funding authority if the Washington State Senate allows a floor vote on a pending bill and sends...
Nashville Contemplates $5.2 Billion Transit Package and Denser Future
People tend to think of country music rather than urbanism when they think of Nashville, but Tennessee's capital is plotting an urban transformation all...