U.S. City Governments, Seattle Included, Not as Left as Reputation
For the last few years, and in the run up to the November election, American cities led by Democratic councils and mayors have seen...
Seattle Subway Launches ST4 Light Rail Expansion Campaign
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously backed a Seattle Green New Deal framework to address the climate emergency. A day later, Seattle Subway...
Garbage Diagrams Only Tell Half of the Story
Let's try to build a picture of King County’s waste issues.
For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on an article about...
Urban Hubs Need A CLT Boost
This is the second in a two-part series on cross-laminated timber; read the first here.
I've proposed creating a cross-laminated timber (CLT) bonus by adding 35...
HALA Recomendations Are A Huge Win For Affordable Housing
Over the last two months the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) recommendations garnered tremendous debate, some of which nearly killed the historic...
Exploring Industry and Nature on the Duwamish
As a volunteer with Friends of Street Ends, a group that works to open and enhance Seattle's shoreline street ends for public access, I...
Op-Ed: Correcting the Narrative about Seattle’s Tree Ordinance
Fellow Seattleites, I have good news: Our city's trees are not doomed.
Despite what you may have heard, Seattle’s recently passed tree ordinance will not...
Measuring Success on the Urban Villages Strategy, Part 2: Resource Use, Conservation, and Healthy...
Editor's Note: This is Part 2 in a three-part series on measuring the success of Seattle's urban village strategy. For background on the report, see...