Monthly Archives: April 2020
Wonkabout Washington: Lessons in Intergenerational Organizing from Olympia
We’re all socially distancing here in Washington but last
week we convened a group of land use leaders in Olympia for a discussion about
how to...
City Council Fails in First Attempt to Pass Emergency Bill Setting...
Onlooker and Seattle City Councilmember alike seemed to wonder what just happened yesterday after the city council rejected an emergency ordinance intended to continue...
Shoreline Planning Transit-Oriented Ped and Bike Bridge At NE 148th St
Shoreline is planning a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge across I-5 to connect separated communities and transit riders to the Link light rail station...
Emergency Ordinance to Restart Design Review is an Opportunity to Expedite...
Since COVID-19 has made Seattle Design Review’s open meeting process impossible, on Monday, April 20th the city council is considering adoption of Council Bill...
Your Friendly Neighborhood Industrial Use, Part 2
How did we get here?
Over this series of articles, I am laying out an argument that Seattle should mix industrial uses in our residential...
PSRC Finalizes $538.5 Million in Emergency Transit Funding Allocations
Federal emergency pass-through funding is heading to local transit agencies in the Puget Sound. The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Executive Board finalized the...
Sunday Video: Why Paid Sick Leave Is Essential To Beating Coronavirus
https://youtu.be/QyMusotiUAs
The coronavirus epidemic has heightened Americans' awareness that paid sick leave in the country is uncommon and necessary. Vox explains why the lack of...
What We’re Reading: Protecting Washington Renters, Farmers Markets Return, and Census...
Transit operator wellbeing: The first King County Metro bus operator has died of COVID-19 ($). Transit operators across the country are demanding safer working conditions.
Protecting Washington Renters: Washington...