Top Urbanist Action: Ask County Council for Housing Not a Stadium Subsidy
It seemed like a done deal. The King County Council was going to fork over about $190M to pay for Safeco Field maintenance intended...
Sunday Video: An Urban Planner Plays SimCity
https://youtu.be/LUQaCoxybW8
In this extended short, Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes on the old school classic SimCity from the perspective of a professional planner 20...
The Swagger I Love: Thoughts on My Fellow Operators
Yes, they vary wildly in temperament, outlook, attitude...but isn't that what you want in a group of people? Look at them. There are so...
King County Considers Lessening Fare Evasion Penalties
Fare enforcement reform has been on the barometer for awhile now in the Puget Sound. Increasingly, it has become apparent that fare enforcement policies...
Africatown Designs Its Future: Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part series. The first part is here.
When we live in an environment which is dominated by ideas...
Africatown Designs Its Future: Part 1
A year has passed since Africatown Community Land Trust acquired a twenty percent ownership stake of the land parcel at 23rd and Union in...
Seattle Is Wasting Another Opportunity For Social Housing
One would think, in the midst of a broad and deep housing crisis, that a nearly three-acre parcel in the heart of the city...
Sunday Video: East Link Tunnel Mining Completion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcMkQlUt5Q0
Sound Transit recently completed tunnel mining in Bellevue for the East Link light rail extension. The mining operation was fairly unique for the transit...







