Monthly Archives: January 2022

Municipal and county elections are held on odd years in Washington State, but some lawmakers want to change that. Rep. Mia Gregerson (D-SeaTac) introduced...

Sound Transit recently released updated alternatives for the Ballard and West Seattle light rail expansions. As Doug Trumm detailed here at The Urbanist, the...

Reece Martin looks into why several European companies are trying to make inroads into the North American market (in this case metropolitan Toronto) for...

First a quick factoid to kick off this installment of housing notes. U.S. Census data shows that housing construction is on the rise across...

Seattle city planners have long heard the same tired request from neighbors, “Put all housing near transit." For decades this is exactly what has...

Puget Sound has embarked on ambitious transit expansions. But the success of those largely hinge on people living near stations and stops, no matter...

Build roads for freight, bikes, and transit, not peak cars Streets in Seattle’s industrial neighborhoods show massive disinvestment in the basic maintenance of curbs and...

Sound Transit is planning a pair of new transit lines through Seattle to build on the rapidly expanding Link light rail system. The West...