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Plans and Policy

Sound Transit Releases Preliminary Report on Ballard-UW-520 Rail

On June 5, Sound Transit released a preliminary report on the Central and East HCT (High Capacity Transit) Corridor Study. The report studies three...

Top Urbanist Action: Keep Pushing for the Employee Hours Tax

Support A Progressive Tax To Help End Homelessness: The tax proposal would raise $75 million a year, nearly twice the annual amount of the...

Seattle/King County: 3rd Largest Homeless Population In 2013 HUD Report

(There’s a lot of data in the 2013 HUD report on homelessness. This is part 1 of The Urbanist’s series to better understand this data....
Light rail tunneled station in Downtown Seattle. (Photo by Gary Matoso / Futurewise)

Wonkabout Washington: Equitable Public Engagement in a Pandemic

As we enter month three of life in a pandemic in Washington, planners, and community organizations are grappling with how to adapt our engagement...
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Goodbye Farmland, Hello Mega-Mansions

How a major loophole in the Growth Management Act has allowed unnecessary sprawl and non-compliant development to gobble up our rural lands for decades. Note:...

Redevelopable Capacity: Disguising Correlation As Causation

In a previous article, I responded to Dan Bertolet's rebuttal of my essay outlining why urbanists must support linkage fees. My primary argument, that land is inelastic, means that...

Washington Cities Push Back on More State Accountability Around Housing

A proposal that would shift the system of accountability around managing housing and job growth in Washington is already receiving strong pushback from local...

UW Should Fully Cover ORCA Transit Passes for Its Employees

If you work for King County or the City of Seattle, an unlimited ORCA transit pass comes with your job. Same thing if you...