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.
On Monday night, the Lynnwood City Council voted to continue permitting new housing units and office space in its City Center neighborhood, immediately adjacent...
The Neighborhood Street Fund is probably one of the most overlooked components of Seattle's 2015 Move Seattle transportation levy. With a $24 million pot...
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is starting its next round of public outreach around the RapidRide J line, a planned transit upgrade for...
Seattle's Third Avenue is arguably one of the most successful transit corridors in the entire country. The street consolidates most Seattle bus routes into...
Plans to fill a longtime gap in protected bike infrastructure between the Duwamish Trail to South Park and the West Seattle Bridge Trail hit...
A new policy included in Move Ahead Washington could vastly improve bike and pedestrian access and safety on state highways.
When the Washington State Department...
After the Seattle City Council returns from its summer recess after Labor Day, one task in front of it is the confirmation of the...
The City of Seattle is seeking to grapple with what the long-term implications of how Seattle residents expect to use public space following the...