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.
The City of Seattle is officially on track to return $7.3 million in grant funding that had originally been awarded to the Cultural Connector...
Kenmore could be flushing $30 million in grants and the 100 affordable homes they were intended to fund.
Following a marathon public hearing that ran...
Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm will leave her post on January 12 in an abrupt departure that comes just 16 months after she took...
One of the "fatal four" behaviors seen in traffic crashes is becoming widely seen on Washington roadways, but fixes will likely need to happen...
Sound Transit's rider experience and operations committee voted 5-1 on Thursday to recommend that the agency adopt a flat $3.00 fare for the entire...
The installation of a protected bike lane on West Marginal Way SW, finally connecting the last gap between the Duwamish Trail and the West...
A 70% cost overrun is jeopardizing the Roanoke lid and the bike and pedestrian benefits it would bring.
A megaproject that was set to transform...
Eastside officials and multimodal transportation advocates broke the ribbon Friday on a small but incredibly valuable new connection between the Eastrail and the State...