Midweek Video: Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-v2-qyCc8 Not Just Bikes takes on the issue of how cities often throw a lot of money at bad car infrastructure. Through the lens of...

Compassion Seattle Fires Back as Charter Amendment Faces Second Lawsuit

Seattle voters wait for a judicial decision that will determine if the controversial city charter amendment critics call an unfunded mandate masquerading as a...
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Former Battery Tunnel Site Gets Green Light for Downtown School

Neighborhood advocates, however, want the Belltown site to be more than a vacant lot during the interim period. Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seattle Public School...

It’s Worked So Far

"Hey, do you know what time it is?" Southbound Third and Marion, as the world is going home. I love it when I know people's...
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Harrell Issues Conditional Support Letter for County’s Capitol Hill Crisis Center

Last week, Mayor Bruce Harrell cleared a hurdle standing in the way of King County's plan to build a crisis care center in Seattle, as he issued a letter of conditional support, outlining an acceptable launch plan from his perspective. The County now must work to meet his terms to open the Capitol Hill facility on time in 2027.

Sunday Video: Transit Is Still The Future

With pandemic and explosion in work from home, many have started to question what the future of transit is, especially as the promise of...

Seattle Is Squandering Its Public Land

One of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) committee’s 65 recommendations was that the city prioritize its surplus properties for affordable housing. That...

Stories from Metro Route 7: Bookworm Exchange and Stop 8250

Metro stop 8250 is slightly north of Bookworm Exchange on Rainier Avenue South. Jim and his shop once lived in Columbia City. But he...