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Land Use

Two Horrendous Studies Perpetuate Efforts To Destroy Interbay

SDOT's new BIRT and Ballard Bridge studies continue history of mistreating the industrial neighborhood. Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) released two studies last week. Both...
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Vision 2050 Has Passed. On to Visions 2024.

Puget Sound's long-term regional planning document has passed. Now the individual city planning begins. On Friday, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) adopted Vision 2050,...

Sunday Video: Why Are There So Many Strip Malls?

https://youtu.be/5yIswZLu_cY Dave Amos walks through the history of strip malls, how they are designed, and how they are being adapted.

The Patchwork City: What Gaps and Overlaps in City Boundaries Tell Us about Values

I. Those Left Out: Skyway and Bryn Mawr It is budget season. Throughout Washington, cities are creating budgets that reflect the dual impacts of pandemic...

Passive(haus) Aggressive Incentives Could Jumpstart Green Building

As Seattle’s economy adapts to the crisis of the global pandemic, our city still faces pressures of a growing population. Articles have littered the...

Sound Transit Launches 130th Street Light Rail Station Open House

On October 12th, Sound Transit began their online open house for the 130th Street light rail station's design. Approved by voters in 2016, this...

Washington Can’t Wait

Futurewise's Campaign to Update the Growth Management Act For thirty years, Futurewise has lobbied and litigated throughout Washington to implement the state’s Growth Management Act...

Cascadia Vision 2050 Report Argues Hub-Cities Can Solve Affordability and Sustainability Challenges

Learn more about the ambitious proposal to build new high-speed transit connected hub-cities at the upcoming October 9th event. Skyrocketing housing costs that displace...