Lake2Bay Street Design Concept Plan Adopted As Formal Rule
A rule governing the public realm improvement plan for the Lake2Bay corridor has finally been adopted. The 1.6-mile Lake2Bay corridor stretches from Seattle's waterfront...
Op-Ed: Why You Should Comment On Community Transit’s Transit Development Plan
If you ride Community Transit, please commit to comment on the Snohomish County-based agency's Transit Development Plan (TDP ). Hours of transit agency staff...
Downtown Seattle Transit Capacity Is At The Breaking Point
Sound Transit completed a comprehensive study (see PDF below for full details) in 2014 to forecast Downtown Seattle transit capacity over the next 20 years....
Urbanist Leader Rian Watt Talks Housing Crisis on Hacks & Wonks Podcast
The Urbanist's Executive Director Rian Watt appeared on Crystal Fincher's Hacks and Wonks podcast on April 9 to talk about the housing crisis. He offered three fixes for the Seattle Comprehensive Plan.
Nearly Six Million Residents in Central Puget Sound By 2050, PSRC Says
On Thursday, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) unveiled new growth projections through 2050. The metropolitan planning organization is projecting 1.8 million more residents...
Is Washington Addicted to Authorities?
This article is adapted from testimony for HB 2882 prepared by the author and presented to the Washington House of Representatives Committee on Housing,...
Paris Hopes to Forge a New Model for Olympics-Oriented Development
Paris aims to break the mold, using major public investment for the Olympic Games for lasting benefit to the host city. Improvements include a cleaner Seine, major transit expansion, and a new eco-district. But will those efforts go far enough to win over locals?
Dubicki: Begging Seattle To Do Something Right Is Utterly Exhausting
For the last five months, a double-digit percentage of my time was spent working through two of Seattle’s larger Draft Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)....