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Parks and Public Space

Transpo Notes: Additive Sound Transit Bill, Pets Ahoy, Café Streets, and Via to Transit

This week’s Traspo Notes highlights: hearing on an additive Sound Transit funding bill, cats and dogs can ride the King County Water Taxi, the...
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Outdoors For All Act Could Fund Better Park Access in South King County

As a coordinator for an outdoor preschool, Eya Lazaro helps families of color find greenspaces across the Puget Sound for their young children to...
The 8th Ave N festival street surrounded by two newer office buildings, looking southward

Exploring Seattle’s Festival Streets

Recently, the City of Seattle released the final draft of the Crown Hill Urban Village Action Plan in which a pedestrian loop is proposed...
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Controversial City Hall Park Land Swap Moves Ahead

This article was updated on 12/22/21 to reflect the exact language in Initiative 42, which states that when taking park land, the City of...

Climate Pledge Arena’s Full Bike Connection Delayed to Next Spring

Climate Pledge Arena at Seattle Center has now been open for two months, hosting numerous Seattle Kraken games, concerts and basketball. But "Bike Lane...

Sunday Video: San Antonio’s River Walk As Walkable Urbanism

City Beautiful visits San Antonio to evaluate the city's river walk as walkable urbanism. The city's riverwalk isn't the only one of its kind,...

Transit-Oriented Development Planned for Kent/Des Moines Station, Additional Feedback Sought

Two surplus lots are up for redevelopment at the future Kent/Des Moines Station. Sound Transit has about four acres of land that it wants...
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Four Years Later, Seattle Emissions-Free Area Has Gone From Promise to Draft Plan

In just a few days, world leaders will gather in Glasgow at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they will discuss how to...