Monthly Archives: August 2019
Sunday Video: The Reason Our Streets Switched To Cul-De-Sacs
https://youtu.be/d9vDcfH03gs
Dave Amos charts the American change from connected grids to the rise of cul-de-sacs, and what’s now being done to counteract their pitfalls.
What Kind of City do We Want to Be? Tacoma and...
My summer reading list this year included a debut novel by Seth Fried titled The Municipalists, which CityLab described as “the urban planning Sci-Fi...
Sound Transit Wants Input on Transit Access Project Proposals
Sound Transit plans to spend about $10 million on transit access projects per subarea. A total of five subareas existing within the Sound Transit...
Africatown Finetunes Its Designs for Midtown Center
Community engagement continues to inform design plans for new developments at 23rd and Union in the Central District
Last summer more than 200 volunteers participated...
Map of the Week: Cross-Sound Bridges for Highway Pipe Dreams
Seattle has too many urban highways, but it could have had so many more if state leaders had realized all their dreams of highway...
The Koch-Fueled Anti-Transit Crusade Hits Phoenix, Is Seattle Next?
Phoenix, Arizona is about to vote on a ballot measure intended to sabotage light rail expansions. A Valley Metro Rail extension to South Phoenix...
Why the City Chose Alexandria for Mercer Megablock Deal
Mayor Jenny Durkan announced her decision to sell the Mercer Megablock to Maryland-based developer Alexandria Real Estate for $143.5 million earlier this month. At...
Sunday Video: Why So Many Suburbs Look The Same
https://youtu.be/vWhYlu7ZfYM
In this Vox episode of Almanac, Phil Edwards explains why so many suburbs look the same. Principally, the advent of federal financing, the cul-de-sac,...