Corporations Push Back As Details Emerge on Seattle’s Pay Up Legislation for App-Based Workers
Yesterday battle lines emerged around Pay Up, the proposed suite of legislation aimed at ensuring Seattle's growing number of app-based contract workers earn at...
Interbay Industrial Plans Are Squandering Freight Rail Access
Is Seattle allowing rail to wither on the vine?
Northwest of Downtown Seattle, there is a frequently overlooked asset in the fight against climate change....
Sound Transit Grapples with Recession and Transit Expansion Rebalancing
The double-whammy of a global pandemic and parallel recession has taken a toll on Sound Transit finances. Agency staff have warned that a sustained...
Seattle Should Count Its Ecological Assets
Seattle's green urban assets are worth billions and valuing them could protect them.
Thanks to Covid-19 and the West Seattle Bridge closure, the air is...
Uber’s Hollow Promise For Cities
Uber has been in the news lately for offering cities a smidgen of their data on traffic patterns. Like so many things with Uber,...
District Energy Is a Fit for Seattle
In Seattle's latest update to its energy code, bans were levied on fossil fuel and electric resistance heating systems in commercial buildings and three-plus-story...
Sunday Video: The Hidden Traffic Metric That Makes Cities Worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEE4bSWBHdQ
Dave Amos of City Beautiful explains what level-of-service is and the pitfalls of using it mitigate transportation impacts from new development. He also talks...
The Case for Rent Control
If you've taken introductory economics, you've likely heard some bad things about rent control. Most economists (e.g., 81%) don't like it. Generally, economists argue...