City Council Poised to Reform Implementation of LOS Standards and New U District, Uptown...
On Wednesday, the Seattle City Council's held the last Planning, Land Use, and Zoning Committee meeting of the year. Three items were on the...
South Park Joins Growing Movement to Dismantle Freeways
From a bird’s eye view, Seattle’s South Park neighborhood is cut in half by SR-99, divided diagonally from one end to another. The highway,...
Sunday Video: Let’s Make Mass Transit Free*
https://youtu.be/ccxVYborUcU
On City Beautiful, Dave Amos takes a look at the benefits for free public transit and why it should be expanded to more transit...
Map Of The Week: Is My Neighborhood Toxic?
The number may shock you, but Washington state has identified over 12,300 toxic sites. Many of these are likely right in your backyard. While half...
Conservation Groups Join Push Against Seattle Growth Plan
Birds Connect Seattle, Thornton Creek Alliance, and the Orca Conservancy are among the groups trying to send the City of Seattle back to the drawing board on its housing growth plan. They're pushing on behalf of an appeal that has been working its way through the courts since April.
Are Trolleybuses Being Forgotten in Metro’s Rapid Transition to Battery Buses?
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.
The Next ‘Big One’ Could Mean Big Displacement for Seattle’s Black Population
This op-ed originally was published by the South Seattle Emerald.
On February 28th, 2001, I was in middle school, in the computer lab. I remember...
Jump In Traffic Volumes Points To An Uphill Climb To Reduce Emissions
Seattle's average daily vehicle volumes increased by the largest amount in more than a decade in 2018, the most recent year of data available....