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.
"Summit of Our Noble Efforts" - Jay Inslee
The Washington State Convention Center's new Summit Building opened to the public on Friday, January 27. As...
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission held a difficult conversation last week around its longstanding goal of ending fatalities and serious injuries in traffic by...
The City of Bothell is poised to adopt an update to its citywide bike plan, providing itself a literal road map for the city...
Seattle's network of safe bike facilities continues to expand, if not at the pace that many safe streets advocates would like to see. According...
One of King County Metro's frequent workhorse routes connecting multiple current and future light rail stations along the east side of the city could...
A planned bicycle and pedestrian bridge connecting Sound Transit's coming light rail station at NE 148th Street in Shoreline with the growing residential district...
Just before the end of 2022, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced another planned project to expand the city's safe biking and walking...
Fewer corners of Seattle are set to look more starkly different between the beginning of 2023 and the end than the area around SR...