Sunday Video: All The Ways Car Dependency Make Things Worse
Ray Delahanty of CityNerd goes through a litany of reasons why car dependency makes American society worse off from public health and environmental quality...
Seattle Narrows Down Options for Initial ‘Low Pollution Neighborhoods’
The Seattle Department of Transportation is eyeing seven neighborhoods with high rates of pollution, low car ownership rates, and high collision intersections, such as South Park, Lake City, and Capitol Hill, for its low-pollution pilot program. The list will ultimately be whittled down to three program sites.
Salmon Killing Chemicals Can Be Treated with Bioretention, but King County Says No
Bioretention was approved over six years ago by the Washington State Department of Ecology for use as a stormwater treatment facility. Yet King County...
Map of the Week: Rainfall Across Seattle Neighborhoods
Some places in Seattle are wetter than others, according to new data from Seattle Public Utilities. SPU recently released a map showing variations in...
Op-Ed: Vote No For I-732
Editor's note: On Monday and Tuesday this week, two op-eds will appear on the publication making the cases for and against I-732, a proposed...
Sunday Video: Are Americans Ready To Love Trains Again?
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Bloomberg News asks if Americans are ready to love passenger rail again. The story is heavily focused on Brightline in Florida and Amtrak’s recent...
King County Purchases 40 Battery-Powered Buses and Ponders Full Electrification by 2035
On Thursday, King County officials announced that new battery-electric buses would be hitting the streets late next year. The county is purchasing a total...
Belltown Group Tries to Block Taller Buildings Downtown Over Birds
To prevent a 19-story apartment building long in the works, a group of Belltown residents are trying to stop code updates to Seattle's Living Building pilot program. The purported risk of bird deaths headline the group's laundry list of concerns.