Owen Pickford
Owen is a solutions engineer for a software company. He has an amateur interest in urban policy, focusing on housing. His primary mode is a bicycle but isn't ashamed of riding down the hill and taking the bus back up. Feel free to tweet at him: @pickovven.
Securing revenue is the most critical step to improve transit in Seattle. The city has a long history of trying to build transit, from streetcars...
Opposition to Proposition 1 proved to be too much. Unofficial results indicate that the measure appears to have failed. Current results show "Yes" on...
Yesterday the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to pass the Bicycle Master Plan. This document largely covers the infrastructure that would be needed to...
The Mayor recently appointed a design advisory committee for the Westlake Cycle Track. If you're unfamiliar with the history of this project and its...
On April 22nd, 2014, King County voters will decide the fate of Proposition 1. If the proposition passes, King County Metro will have a stable...
A number of local neighborhood groups have banded together to push their agenda of preventing more housing. They are using the misleading name, Coalition...
Next City's article "Five Extreme Models to Combat High Rent" is an interesting read simply because it lays out solutions to housing price problems that have actually...
One of the biggest pleasures I get out of living in a city is that I don't have to own a car. Cars can...