Monthly Archives: October 2023
Seattle Must Pursue ‘Rapid Progress’ Option and Transform Its Streets
Comment by October 31 to urge the City to improve the Seattle Transportation Plan.
Seattle is mapping out the next two decades of transportation investments...
The 17-Year Odyssey for Bremerton’s 6th Street Bike Lane
Public Works continues to delay long-promised safety upgrades even as a repaving project presents an opportunity to redesign the dangerous street.
Bremerton has planned to...
Break Down the Seattle City Budget with The Urbanist on October...
The leaves are turning, Halloween is approaching... that can only mean one thing in Seattle city government: Budget season is here -- a time...
Op-Ed: How Washington’s Trains Can Arrive On-Time
Indonesian Railways' rapid improvement offers hope for turning around floundering Amtrak Cascades service.
Back in April I attempted to take the train from Tacoma to...
Event on November 2 Celebrates Covenant Homeownership Act
Futurewise is co-hosting an event to celebrate passage of the bill promoting Black homeownership that will feature a talk with the authors of ‘Just...
Op-Ed: Amy Falcone Is the Councilmember Kirkland Needs
As progressive Kirklanders, we have been extremely impressed by Amy Falcone’s work on the Kirkland City Council during her first term, and we wholeheartedly...
Seattle Set to Return $7.3 Million Grant If City Council Doesn’t...
The City of Seattle will be required to return two sizable federal grants, both of which had already been awarded to fund the long-planned...
Sunday Video: Freiburg Is A Lesson In City Building
Freiburg im Breisgau is famous in planning spheres for its high rates of biking, walkable suburbs, and green ways of building. Mike Eliason has...