State Lawmakers Must Pass Middle Housing Bill and Strip Poison Pill from TOD Bill
Many urbanists had high hopes that Senate Bill 5466 guaranteeing denser transit-oriented development (TOD) near rapid transit would sail through the State Legislature after...
Want to Revitalize Downtown? Here’s Eight Ways How
In the spring of 2020, downtown Seattle sat empty. A once bustling and growing core of tower cranes, thriving businesses, and active neighborhoods was...
Op-Ed: Proposed Tree Legislation Awaits Its Turn to Add to Seattle’s Housing Woes
There’s a saying that the path of progress doesn’t follow a straight line. This has certainly been what I've experienced in my two decades...
Bus Service Needs Investment Rather Than Neglect
Transit is at a crossroads. The pandemic upended a period of growing ridership and service that saw Seattle lead the nation in both the...
Sparse Frequencies Limit Potential of Metro’s Proposed RapidRide G Bus Reshuffle
RapidRide G Line will have lots of capacity during the day, but evenings and connections get dicey.
Next year, the Seattle Department of Transportation...
Let’s Try to be Optimistic for Once, Seattle
Any frequent reader of The Urbanist knows that we have a long and painstakingly catalogued list of gripes with Seattle. From the completely avoidable...
What We Know About Sound Transit’s Alternatives to a Chinatown Station
It ain't much, but that's all the Board's going on too.
This week, the Sound Transit Board of Directors will be deciding on preferred Ballard...
Sound Transit is Not Ready for Its Big Chinatown Station Decision
At a public meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Sound Transit Board of Directors intend to select preferred station locations for the light rail system's...