Home in Tacoma for All Coalition Seeks Greater Equity in Zoning Reforms
Home in Tacoma aims to overhaul Tacoma’s housing rules to allow greater flexibility in building practices. It will allow denser housing to be built...
Walking Tours and a Documentary Aim to Create a Community Vision for Wallingford
Seattle is in the midst of preparing for a major updated to its Comprehensive Plan, the document that will guide the city's growth and...
Meet Nantes, Seattle’s Sister City in France
American cities can glean many policy pointers from this highly livable French city, which has a delegation visiting.
This week delegates from Nantes, France, have...
Home in Tacoma Plan to Revamp Neighborhoods Moves into Implementation
With the official passage of Home in Tacoma in December 2021, the City of Tacoma is finally making moves towards Phase Two: implementation. This...
We Need to Try Everything But Build a New Airport
If you sit on the Seattle waterfront on a sunny spring day you can hear a rumble in the distance. No, it’s not the...
Sunday Video: Montréal Delivers a Most Impressive Elevated Transit Line
At RM Transit, Reece Martin takes a dive into Montréal’s planned elevated metro line. The line will use elevated segments that fit neatly into...
Is Seattle a $20 Lunch Town?
As we emerge from pandemic and look towards returning to offices, a question starts to come up. “What’s for lunch?” A recent impromptu survey...
The Urbanist Podcast: Looking for The Hot New Neighborhood
Covering development for a city like Seattle gives The Urbanist a unique view into the spots where development concentrates. Even so, it’s useful once...