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 Capitol Hill Seattle, BikePortland, Seattle Met, and PubliCola. They live in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.
After years of disruption on 23rd Avenue through the Central Area, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is finally wrapping up construction on the street...
One of the most highly anticipated spot improvements for a King County Metro bus route has long been the idea of a Denny Way...
In 2015, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) rechannelized a two-mile stretch of 35th Ave SW in West Seattle from SW Roxbury St near...
As King County Metro, in coordination with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), begins its outreach on a planned RapidRide line to replace the...
Just a few years ago, the Seattle Mayor's Office, eying a confluence of construction events getting scheduled downtown and an uncertain timeline for buses...
In Green Lake and Wallingford, design for a series of related paving and safety redesign projects is moving forward. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)...
Just before 10am on a recent Sunday morning, around 30 people gathered outside Cafe Javasti, a neighborhood coffee shop just north of NE 85th...
It looks like the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is about to apply the brakes to Seattle Department of Transportation's car funnel that...