Environment & Sustainability

Clark/Barnes architects want to transform a landmarked office building at Second Avenue and Pine Street into housing, adding 12 additional stories of mass timber construction to accommodate more homes. The innovative project is meeting significant opposition from nearby residents and historic preservation advocates.

Tensions are flaring between progressive interest groups in Seattle. Groups representing labor and environmentalists recently have found themselves on opposing sides of the decision to lease one...

But legislature's "grand bargain" complicates the picture and may tie bills to highway expansion package. Sign our letter to oppose that. Last Thursday, the Washington...

On Thursday, the Puget Sound Regional Council released a slate of proposed bicycle and pedestrian projects for public comment that the agency plans to fund....

https://youtu.be/MA2l9juHvDk Global tourism is growing rapidly and it is having significant impacts on the viability of communities. Not all tourism is inherently good, but there...

Carrying nearly 20% of King County Metro boardings, the trolley fleet has been a workhorse of Seattle transit for 84 years. But oddly, trolleybuses have not been a focal point of Metro's plan to electrify its fleet.

At some point, maybe in two years or ten years, the endless rise of housing costs in Seattle will stop. We might see a...

https://vimeo.com/504477662 It this short video, TransitCenter highlights the inequity of America’s public transportation systems both in term of social and environmental justice. TransitCenter argues that...