Central Puget Sound’s Transportation Funding Gap Tops $78 Billion Through 2050
Despite heavy attention on challenges funding transportation at the state level, shortfalls are projected to hit transit agencies and city transportation networks hardest. With few tools available to raise progressive transportation revenue at the local level, the future looks bleak without reform.
Yesler Terrace: Hot In 2014
This week, the City of Seattle's Council Transportation Committee had a briefing on a new staircase at Yesler Terrace called the 10th Avenue...
Bellevue Councilmember Oversteps Authority to Block Additional Housing Capacity
In rejecting midrise zoning, Councilmember Robertson cited a handshake agreement with homeowners, worrying more homes would "unduly alarm the neighborhoods."
If completing legally-mandated, once-in-a-decade planning...
Unserious in Seattle
The City's Comp Plan is seriously flawed from the start.
Seattle knows how to get serious when we need to, whether that’s building trillion dollar...
University District Rezone Proposal: A Deeper Look At Incentive Zoning, Historic Preservation, And Affordable...
Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) released draft recommendations on the University District rezone and urban design proposal in late May. The...
Everett Is Developing A Bold Downtown Area Plan
The City of Everett is working through a major downtown area masterplanning effort dubbed "Metro Everett". The plan is taking a broad look at...
Op-Ed: Harrell’s Anemic Growth Plan Is Not ‘Space Needle Thinking’
The mayor's comprehensive plan proposal failed to deliver real solutions on housing abundance, affordability, and climate. It promises only modest zoning changes at the margins and 100,000 additional homes over 20 years.
Snohomish County Contemplates Growth Scenarios Ranging from Urban Infill to Sprawl
Like many local governments, Snohomish County has kicked off their comprehensive planning process to meet a state-mandated deadline to update the county's 20-year growth...