Monthly Archives: August 2019
What We’re Reading: Parisian Veloism, Bus Only, and Drinking Water Woes
On fire: Apparently two Lime bike batteries caught fire this week. Whoops. Is that something we should be worried about?
Safer places: A new Seattle homelessness...
Short Bus Lanes Roll Out on Rainier Avenue This Weekend
Additional bus lanes will be coming to Rainier Ave S to speed up buses and improve reliability and safety. The Seattle Department of Transportation...
Seattle Design Festival 2019 Takes to the Streets
With neighborhood crawls in Capitol Hill and Georgetown included in a packed schedule of events, the Seattle Design Festival is breaking out of the...
Metro Proposes Bus Route Restructures for Kent, Renton, and Auburn, Wants...
In conjunction with the RapidRide I Line planning process, King County Metro is developing a mobility plan to be implemented in September 2020 for...
City Council Funds Continued Work on Downtown Streetcar with Herbold Dissenting
On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted 6-1 in favor of a $9 million appropriation to continue work on the Center City Connector streetcar,...
What to Know About the MASS Transportation Package
Last October, the Board of Directors at The Urbanist announced its decision to join the Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) Coalition. The decision was...
Seattle’s Comp Plan Shuffle: Some Amendments Move Forward, Others Peter Out
On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution identifying possible Comprehensive Plan amendments to be further processed in advance of a final ordinance...
Metro Seeks Feedback on RapidRide I Line Proposal Linking Renton, Kent,...
King County Metro has released a draft proposal for the RapidRide I Line that would stretch from the Downtown Renton to Downtown Auburn. Along...