Salmon Killing Chemicals Can Be Treated with Bioretention, but King County Says No
Bioretention was approved over six years ago by the Washington State Department of Ecology for use as a stormwater treatment facility. Yet King County...
Imagining a Car-Free Zone in Bellevue: Two Proposals
In most communities in America, cars, trucks and streets dominate the environment where people live. Heavy traffic and aggressive drivers make many roads smelly, noisy,...
Fall 2022 Transit Service Changes Should Raise Alarm Bells For Electeds
Local transit agencies in Puget Sound have begun to release their fall service change details. Service is being slashed on a wide range of...
Sound Transit Should Open Eastside Light Rail Stations in 2023 as Planned to Rebuild...
As a bustling region that over four million people call home, central Puget Sound deserves a high-quality transit system to move us around safely...
Pedersen’s ‘Alternative L’ is a Massive L for Affordability and Climate Action
Seattle Councilmember Alex Pedersen’s latest newsletter contained a small glimpse into his poor understanding of Seattle’s extensive housing and climate crises with his poison...
How to Crush a Housing Project The Seattle Way
One saga demonstrates the difficulties developers face in getting infill projects permitted, even after reforms meant to encourage them.
The City of Seattle permitting process...
Can Washington State Plot a Way Out of Its Mobile Home Displacement Crisis?
Facing a mobile home park closure in Puyallup, housing advocates have rallied to protect residents and address the larger housing crisis.
On August 23rd, the...
Breathing Life into Bellevue’s Spring District
The Spring District started as an ambitious plan to transform 36 acres of warehouses and surface level parking in Bellevue's BelRed neighborhood into a...