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 decision to cancel a planned protected bike lane on 35th Avenue NE, in the heart of Wedgwood's business district, and instead paint a...
Last week, Seattle got a look at the proposed update to the Seattle Public Library's capital and operations levy, replacing the one expiring this...
On Thursday morning, the Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) Coalition--which includes The Urbanist as a member--issued a statement urging the City of Seattle to...
The Seattle City Auditor's report on the Navigation Team, recently presented to the city council's Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee, included...
Last Monday evening a person trying to bike across Rainier Avenue was hit and killed by a driver who fled the scene, as the...
Preliminary data from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) shows the total number of serious injuries and fatalities on Seattle's streets was virtually unchanged...
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council was briefed on the Center City Connector project, which was recently backed by Mayor Jenny Durkan. The project...
Seattle's three official bike counters recorded more riders in January 2019 than any prior January on record. Now that's worthy of the pomp and...