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.
For the entirety of 2021, the City of Seattle issued citations to drivers using the West Seattle low bridge during the hours of the...
The Washington State Legislature has recently kicked off its 2022 session. It's going to be a shorter session than last year since even-numbered years...
In the final weeks of 2019, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) was facing down the fact that the city would end the year...
As Governor Jay Inslee proposes a dramatic increase in state subsidies for electric vehicles in Washington State in his supplemental 2022 budget update, his...
Climate Pledge Arena at Seattle Center has now been open for two months, hosting numerous Seattle Kraken games, concerts and basketball. But "Bike Lane...
Earlier this year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) repaved State Route 522 between I-5 and Seattle's city limit, the entirety of Lake...
On Thursday, the Puget Sound Regional Council's Transportation Policy Board voted to approve the release of a draft 2050 Regional Transportation Plan that has...
Early next year, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), the region’s four-county planning agency, will release a draft of the update to its Regional...