Off Limits: How Seattle’s Suburbs Are Blocking Housing
Suburbs surrounding Seattle, some of them literally islands, are pulling up the drawbridges to growth. That is putting even more pressure on Seattle to...
Bellevue Makes Progress on Vision Zero Action Plan, Seeks Feedback
Near the end of 2015, Bellevue City Council endorsed Vision Zero with a goal of reaching zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by the...
Sound Transit Refines SR-522 BRT, Cutting Woodinville Headways
Sound Transit is planning to bring bus rapid transit (BRT), now known as Stride, to the SR-522 corridor, running between Shoreline and Woodinville, by...
Seizing the Bellevue Grand Connection Opportunity
Bellevue Grand Connection is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How do we get the most out of it?
Downtown Bellevue is amidst its biggest growth spurt over...
Metro and Sound Transit Propose Major Bus Restructure on the Eastside
King County Metro and Sound Transit are proposing a significant restructure to routes on the Eastside, which would affect communities stretching from Bellevue to...
Refining I-405 BRT, Sound Transit Seeks Input on Station Access and Amenities
Bus rapid transit (BRT) will stretch from Lynnwood to Burien via I-405 by 2024. It's the larger of two major BRT projects planned to...
Forward Thrust Part 2: The Art of Picking Sides
The Forward Thrust bond initiatives of 1968 and 1970 were a success because of their ambition. They were also failures because of their myopia....
Issaquah Updates Its Central District Visions
As the part of the Central Issaquah development moratorium, the city is refreshing the district visions established in the original Central Issaquah Plan (CIP)...