Seoul’s Lessons for Seattle Transit and Land Use
In 1960, just several years after the devastation of the Korean War and with 35 years of armed Japanese occupation in the recent past,...
The Bizarre-est Lots of Puget Sound
During last week's discussion of subdivisions and the problem of slicing the city into tiny parcels, we asked for your help to find the...
City Council Passes Transportation Level-of-Service Reform Bill
On Monday, the Seattle City Council met for a short legislative agenda session. The city council passed a reform bill for transportation level-of-service (LOS)...
Sunday Video: How Does Houston Plan Without Zoning?
https://youtu.be/TaU1UH_3B5k
There is a big misnomer that Houston doesn’t have zoning and somehow must be a free market dream for land use. But that perception...
Seattle’s Crown Hill Action Plan Centers Walkability and Community
In November, Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) released their draft Crown Hill Urban Action Plan. The scope of this plan is...
Issaquah Updates Its Central District Visions
As the part of the Central Issaquah development moratorium, the city is refreshing the district visions established in the original Central Issaquah Plan (CIP)...
Bringing Baugruppe To Seattle
How the City could lead the US in piloting an innovative model for better housing.
Imagine with me: what if Seattle had a model for...
Tacoma’s Zoning Changes Mapped: Frequency Is Freedom
This is the first of three vignettes depicting possible conversations between imaginary people in Tacoma as the city grapples with growth, densification, and other...