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.
In late January, a group of lawmakers from both the Washington House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans, joined Governor Jay Inslee in a legislative...
For over 50 years, Lake Washington Boulevard between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park has been the site of Seattle's oldest open streets festival,...
The Seattle City Council is closer than ever to tapping a new source of revenue for transportation projects, with councilmembers from opposite sides of...
As different elements of Seattle's waterfront overhaul are beginning to open to the public, Seattleites of all stripes naturally have many opinions about how...
A protected bike lane along a state highway? It's poised to become reality, thanks to a new state law upgrading the standards that the...
Councilmember Sara Nelson has joined business leaders in opposing bus lanes.
Following the launch of the RapidRide H this month, the Seattle Department of Transportation...
Last year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), following a series of high-profile traffic deaths in the SoDo neighborhood, announced they would be making...
RapidRide G Line will have lots of capacity during the day, but evenings and connections get dicey.
Next year, the Seattle Department of Transportation...