Ryan Packer
Ryan Packer has been writing for The Urbanist since 2015, and currently reports full-time as Contributing Editor. Their beats are transportation, land use, public space, traffic safety, and obscure community meetings. Packer has also reported for other regional outlets including BikePortland, Seattle Met, and PubliCola. They live in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.
Last Monday, one of the first items that our brand new City Council voted on was a holdover matter from the previous council. This was...
Banning auto-oriented businesses to spur walkability: Columbia Heights, Minnesota is trying it.
Frequency Stacks Up: Comparing Houston's new transit network to other cities.
Swept Away: The city...
Earlier this month, we reported on an attempt by transit advocates to improve connectivity with Capitol Hill's new light rail station when service begins...
King County Metro Transit staff are evaluating the ability to still salvage some of the agency's widely panned Capitol Hill restructure. Born out of...
A street improvement project that is about to start construction this winter on Capitol Hill might take a lot of people by surprise, mostly...
It's been a mixed month for the Pronto bike share system. The bike share just celebrated its first year and is getting heavy scrutiny for...
A lot of drama has been brewing over the past few months in Pioneer Square. That's because one developer has proposed a new 11-story...
A pretty sizable crowd turned out at City Hall on Wednesday evening to listen to historical minutiae and discussions of structural integrity with a clear goal...