Civics and Culture

Public Hearing Tonight On Chinatown-International District Rezone

The area of Chinatown-International District is already zoned for tall buildings, but a new neighborhood zoning proposal could push building heights higher and allow...

Map Of The Week: Seattle Subway Vision Map

Seattle Subway, a local grassroots transit advocacy group, has a new regional vision map out that charts where they think future light rail lines...

Sunday Video: Nijmegen The City That Tamed Cars So People Can Walk And Bike

In this follow-up short on Nijmegen, Streetfilms digs deep into the walk and bike culture of this Dutch city, which held the Velo-City 2017...

Sound Transit To Decide Permanent Lynnwood Link Station Names

The Sound Transit Capital Committee will meet today to determine the fate of station names for four stations on the Lynnwood Link extension. Earlier...

New Eyman Initiative Seeks To Stall Transportation Investments Statewide And Kill ST3

Washington's perennial anti-tax troll Tim Eyman is back, fresh off of his failure to hurl another initiative (I-1550) across the finish line and reeling...

City Council Passes Income Tax And Yesler Terrace Housing Amendments

Seattle is on its way to getting its own income tax. Yesterday, an ordinance to institute a tax on high-income earners passed out of...

Sunday Video: The Past And Future City

Stephanie Meeks, President and CEO of the Nation Trust for Historic Preservation, leads an insightful half-hour discussion on the past and future of cities...

Seattle Income Tax Comes Into Focus

The Seattle income tax on high-income earners has formally been introduced to the City Council. The proposed income tax would generally kick in at...