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.
When the three transportation agencies involved in the One Center City plan--King County Metro, Sound Transit, and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)--presented their...
King County Metro may finally be putting Route 99 out to pasture. The long-beleaguered and much maligned bus line that replaced the George Benson...
On Monday, the King County Council voted unanimously to sell the land that is home to Convention Place Station. Convention Place will make way...
In late January, the four organizations involved in the One Center City plan--King County Metro, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Sound Transit, and...
Seattle's first citywide experiment in participatory budgeting starts tomorrow as polls open for the Your Voice, Your Choice park and street grant competition. In...
Seattle celebrated Bike Everywhere Day on May 19th, an inclusive alternative to Bike to Work Day that celebrates the idea that bikes are transportation...
After weeks of speculation, the Seattle City Council appears to be rushing to put together a framework that could allow private bikeshare operators to...
NE 65th Street is one of the most collision-prone corridors in North Seattle. There have been 231 crashes on the street between Ravenna Boulevard...