Statewide Missing Middle Housing Bill Clears Committee Vote, But Not Before Pollet and Senn...
On Tuesday, House Bill 1782 passed out of House Local Government Committee, but the bill was weakened in the process. Still, it's a milestone...
Let’s Connect All of Seattle to Frequent Transit
Seattle city planners have long heard the same tired request from neighbors, “Put all housing near transit." For decades this is exactly what has...
Mercer Island and Bellevue Squander Housing Opportunities Near East Link
Puget Sound has embarked on ambitious transit expansions. But the success of those largely hinge on people living near stations and stops, no matter...
Overbuilding Highway Capacity is Robbing Seattle’s Industry
Build roads for freight, bikes, and transit, not peak cars
Streets in Seattle’s industrial neighborhoods show massive disinvestment in the basic maintenance of curbs and...
Seattle Times Wrong Again, Siding with Exclusion and Housing Scarcity
The Seattle Times editorial board has long been a foe of housing diversity and density, and they proved that yet again yesterday. The editorial...
Explainer: What’s an Environmental Impact Statement?
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) sounds like a highly technical and complex mechanism of governance. They take years, spiral into hundreds of pages with...
Washington’s Legislature Is Tackling Zoning Around Transit and For Missing Middle Housing
Housing and zoning reform is taking center stage in the Washington State Legislature. Today, a handful of bills will be heard in committee to...
Sunday Video: All 53 Vancouver SkyTrain Stations
RM Transit visits all 53 Vancouver SkyTrain stations. Though a bit long, the sped up video carries good discussion about the system's design, operations,...