Parks and Public Space

NHL Seattle Will Fund Free Transit for Home Game Attendees

The National Hockey League's Seattle affiliate will announce today that they will be providing every single person who purchases a ticket to a hockey...
U.S. Route 2 in the heart of Leavenworth. (Google Maps)

WSDOT Supporting Low-Stress Streets and Pop-Up Commerce on State Highways During Pandemic

Washington's state transportation department is launching a temporary program that will make some lower-speed highways available to open streets and commercial uses during the...

Sea to Desert: The 700-mile Bikepacking Route Uniting Washington

In May 17th grand depart, 138 people attempted a 700-mile mountain bike route from La Push to Tekoa, Washington, dubbed the Cross-Washington or XWA bikepacking race.
A photo of people sitting a small beach on a sunny day with evergreen trees in the background.

Improving Bellevue’s Grand Connection: Part 1 – Lake Washington and Main Street

Note: This article was edited on 10/31/21 to add recommendations for improving accessibility on Main Street. Downtown Bellevue is undergoing one of the fastest...

Bellevue Should Save Coal Creek from Sprawl Development

Embedded in Bellevue's Coal Creek wilderness area are a handful of parcels that have been developed or zoned for single-family homes. In 2016 and...

Women Shaping Seattle

This year’s Seattle Design Festival, opened on September 10th, with the theme of ‘Design Change’. Given that 2016 marks 100 years since the first...

Op-Ed: The War Over Tacoma’s Planting Strips

How the City of Tacoma uses planting strips along its streets tells a tale of haves and have-nots, and of our differing standards. The City has gone out of its way to exclude homeless people from this space with $163,000 worth of boulders.

Sunday Video: The Price of Saving Paradise

https://youtu.be/guzxgAOuPzI Bloomberg QuickTake looks at how Paradise, California may pursue conversion of forestland and vacant exurban properties destroyed by wildfires into park space to stop...