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.
The switch represents a broader trend of abandoning plans for people-centered spaces in Belltown in the Waterfront Seattle project.
Seattle City Light is moving forward...
King County Metro's Route 36, a workhorse route that connects riders throughout Beacon Hill and stretches from the Othello light rail station to Downtown...
Last week, the Edmonds City Council voted to tell the city's mayor, Mike Nelson, and city staff not to proceed with accepting a "middle...
SDOT said it would prioritize busses rather than bikes on Rainer, but instead cars continue to win out over both.
Last month, The Urbanist reported...
Soon a new change in Washington State law will take effect that could give jurisdictions another set of tools to reduce speeds on their...
Since 2018, the City of Bothell has been working on an update to its citywide bike facility plan. With significant new grant opportunities becoming...
Months after the Sound Transit board voted to accelerate the construction of Sound Transit's NE 130th Street light rail station from 2031 to 2025,...
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is beginning the outreach phase of its Aurora Avenue N planning study, a pivotal step toward vitally needed...