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.
As Seattle approaches the ninth anniversary of its Vision Zero commitment to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities in traffic by the end of this...
Braking news: Speed-limiting technology could soon be installed in County government cars.
King County could become the first local government in the Pacific Northwest to...
Seattle's downtown bike network is about to take a big step forward in the coming months as work finally gets underway to create a...
Late Friday afternoon, walk-on passengers heading to and from Colman Dock on Seattle's waterfront were able to use a brand new pedestrian bridge directly...
The Seattle City Council is set to take a major step toward implementing a transportation impact fee program, following a public hearing on the...
Construction has started on a 1.1-mile stretch of protected bike lanes along Martin Luther King Jr Way, finally starting work to connect Southeast Seattle,...
Users of the Green River Trail through South King County will have a considerably longer wait for a long-promised trail connection to Seattle, due...
The Seattle City Council is set to consider a slew of transportation-related amendments to Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed budget for 2024, in an annual...