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Land Use

Sunday Video: Airport Expansion

https://youtu.be/QN5Rnu0-RhE Using London’s Heathrow Airport as a case study, Dave Amos explains the pitfalls and limited benefits of airport expansion.
High speed train models like this were on display at the Cascadia Rail Summit. (Credit: Doug Trumm)

Cascadia’s Courtship of High-Speed Rail

Early this month, a group of more than 100 rail industry professionals and local politicians met on the Microsoft campus to discuss the future...

Pierce County Poised to Be First to Designate Countywide Centers in Puget Sound

Pierce County could be the first county to implement a local option under the Regional Centers Framework, an arm of the Regional Growth Strategy...

New Industrial Lands Committee Could Spark Reform or Add Another Saga to Seattle Process

Last week, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced she is convening an industrial lands stakeholder group to “guide development of strategies to ensure a strong industrial...

Sunday Video: How Bad Planning Makes Wildfires Worse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJiepXtXRX8 Dave Amos explains how a lack of good planning can contribute to worse wildfires.
A vertical farm proposed in Seoul seeks to bring fresh organic food closer to consumers. (Courtesy of Zoubeir Azouz Architecture)

An Urbanist Case for Vertical Farming

Today, common agricultural practices come with significant environmental costs. The sector depletes fresh water supplies, occupies large swathes of land, and emits major greenhouse...

Progressives like Scott, Sawant, Strauss, and Lewis are Winning the Housing Debate, Opponents Are...

We live in alternate realities. I realized this when I received a pro-Alex Pedersen mailer from People for Affordable Livable Seattle (PALS) political action...

Call to Action: Pass MASS Package, Fare Share, and Mosqueda’s Missing Middle Housing Budget...

The Seattle budget process is chugging along with another public comment session tomorrow Wednesday at 3:30pm. Soon Seattle City Council will be making their...