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.
King County Metro is eyeing upgrades to another one of Seattle's workhorse bus routes, as increased traffic on the city's streets continues to impact...
Four members of the Eastlake Community Council's board were abruptly removed from their positions last week, following a disagreement over advocacy around a long-planned...
In 1972, the City of Seattle asked a group of citizens, anyone who wanted to attend a series of meetings, to work together to...
The project is a big step for Snohomish County's largest city, which has been slow to expand safe bike and pedestrian infrastructure.
This spring, city...
Early last week, crews with Seattle's Office of the Waterfront installed a very short stretch of two-way bike lane, at the foot of Yesler...
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has announced plans to install automatic traffic enforcement cameras at three locations to enforce dedicated transit lanes and...
Light rail connecting Bellevue and Redmond is slated to open in spring 2024 following Sound Transit's starter line decision.
Sound Transit was officially given the...
One of downtown Seattle's most congested roads holds back the entire city's transit network...but major solutions are nowhere on the horizon.
Traffic congestion on Denny...