Land Use

Sunday Video: Why Do So Many Americans Super-Commute?

For decades, super-commuting has been a growing trend in many American metropolitan areas. Ray Delahanty of CityNerd digs into the data of where super-commuting...

Two Visions for South Tacoma’s Future and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice

How a proposed (and now permitted) large industrial development intersects with plans to engage South Tacoma Way in community-led planning. Residents of South Tacoma who...

State Issues Draft Middle Housing Guidance and Model Codes

The Washington State Department of Commerce has released draft guidance and model codes to implement the state's a new middle housing law. The new...

Sunday Video: Why Are Cities Struggling To Build ‘Middle Housing’?

A lot of North American cities have made big strides to relegalize “middle housing” types. But the number of projects breaking ground in recent...

Seattle City Council Rejects Transportation Impact Fee Push

Homebuilders won a brief reprieve with council opting to delay its impact fee push -- for now. The Seattle City Council declined to approve a...

Seattle’s Five Strangest Single-Use Zones

Seattle's massive number of zones hide a couple very weird outliers. Or they would be outliers, if there weren't so many.
A five-story mixed-use brick building under construction on Phinney Avenue.

Harrell Delays Comprehensive Plan Release Again, Likely to 2024

Urge the Harrell administration to move forward with a plan for housing abundance and affordability. Despite an earlier pledge of an April release for the...

Lid I-5 North to Host U District Community Vision Workshop

On Thursday, November 9th, the U District Partnership, the Lid I-5 campaign, and the UW Scan Design Master Studio will be hosting a community...