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Op-Ed: Mapping the Missing Housing Opportunities in Seattle Growth Plan

Nat Henry maps out Mayor Harrell's growth plan and finds his transit corridor plan would would upzone fewer than 1 in 10 parcels within a five-minute walk of transit stops. That forces renters onto dangerous, polluted arterial roads, where apartments would be narrowly focused.

Op-Ed: Reclaiming Tacoma’s Extensive Historic Streetcar Network

Greater Tacoma used to have an enormously expansive streetcar network. With just one line, Tacoma's modern streetcar network has a long way to go to catch up to that rapid transit standard.

Sunday Video: Why Don’t Cities Use Hexagon Blocks?

Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about hexagon blocks and explains how they could offer a better urban form than the traditional gridiron. They...

Map of the Week: Seattle’s New Long-Range Rail Plan Goes Big

Seattle's new long-range plan for high capacity transit echoes vision maps created by Seattle Subway and advanced by The Urbanist. Seattle's long-range rail transit vision...

The High Cost of Parking in Downtown Bellingham 

When what is now downtown Bellingham was initially platted in the mid-1800s, it is likely that little consideration was given to parking. Mostly because...

Mapping Seattle’s Inequality and Diversity with Light Rail

Three maps comparing light rail station areas create a portrait of a complex region. Columbia City…Mount Baker….Beacon Hill…SoDo… When I first arrived in Seattle, the...

Congress Approves Record $54 Million for Puget Sound Recovery

But development outside of Washington State's urban growth areas continues to place pressure on an ecologically rich, but fragile ecosystem. Congress has passed a funding...

Advocating for Seattle’s Nightlife, Post Pandemic

Fall calls for nighttime things, Halloween doubly so. Therefore, a pre-holiday trip to the Georgetown Morgue fit the bill. Terrifying in all the best...