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.
In August of 2015, a pilot project to tame a short segment of Seattle's most dangerous street, Rainier Avenue, resulted in pretty dramatic results....
On Monday of last week, the City of Seattle settled a class action lawsuit in U.S. District court. The lawsuit alleged the City is...
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council got an update on the proposed Roosevelt RapidRide corridor. Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff shared details on...
Throughout 2016, I covered the process that led to the selection of twelve neighborhood-focused transportation improvements though the Neighborhood Street Fund process. Those concepts...
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...