Mayor Durkan Unveils Plan to Boost Ridehailing Fee to 75 Cents to Fund Streetcar,...
Yesterday Mayor Jenny Durkan revealed her plan to increase Seattle's ridehailing fee by 51 cents per ride and direct the first five years of...
Rainier Beach Updates Its Neighborhood Plan
The Seattle City Council passed a Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update, among many other things at a busy September 26th meeting. The plan focuses...
Shoreline Sends Parks Expansion to April 27th Ballot
In January, the Shoreline City Council voted to place a park improvement and park land acquisition bond measure on the April 27, 2021 special...
‘Park My Viaduct’ Heads to the Ballot Next Year
Last week the Seattle City Council reluctantly approved forwarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct preservation effort to the August 2016 ballot. The group known as...
Totem Lake Shoulders Kirkland’s Transformation and Growth
Yet designing for cars continues to be a problem in the city's fastest growing neighborhood.
When cataloging development in Kirkland, it's evident where the City...
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...
Op-Ed: Impact Fees Are Just Another Exclusionary Housing Policy in Disguise
Seattle is misguidedly preparing to levy impact fees on homebuilders amidst a housing crisis.
Seattle is in a housing crisis, a direct result of decades-long...
City Council Setting the Stage for Another Streetcar Showdown
Councilmember Herbold has proposed shelving the Center City Connector streetcar project once again and diverting $2.4 million in funding to Citywide hiring incentives.
The Seattle...