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Shoreline Moves Ahead With Highway Expansion On Seattle’s Doorstep

The City of Shoreline has been working diligently to prepare for the arrival of Link light rail in the city, as Sound Transit works...

Market Street Developments Are Creating A New Urban Neighborhood East of Ballard

There’s a spot just inside Seattle's Gilman Park where the scent of turned earth and new asphalt mingles with that of cooking grains coming...

Honor Wallingford’s Streetcar History by Building Transit and Dense, Affordable Housing

Beginning with my great grandmother, three generations of women in my family lived in a craftsman home that has since been flattened into the...
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Ballard and West Seattle Light Rail Tunnel Options May Not Require Third-Party Funding

Light rail tunnels to West Seattle Junction and Ballard took a step closer from dream to reality thanks to Sound Transit's latest analysis suggesting...

Wilburton Rezone Can Facilitate Over 5,000 New Homes in Bellevue – If Done Right

Later this year, Bellevue City Council will complete a years-long process to rezone the Wilburton neighborhood east of I-405. Historically a commercial and office...
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Neighborhood Plans are High Minded Gatekeeping

Having attended a number of community meetings around Seattle, I can say that there are few things worse than watching a newcomer with ideas...
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WSDOT Has No Good Reasons to Widen SR 18, Yet State Advances $640 Million...

Unlike Tesla, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and our state legislature have designed an effective autopilot -- an autopilot that, instead of...
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Don’t Widen Highways, Invest $2 Billion in Affordable Housing Instead

State Democrats propose diverting $2 billion from the general fund to fund their highway package, but this money would be better spent on affordable...