What A Micro-Housing Stakeholder Group Can Achieve
Background
Micro-housing (often referred to as apodments) are small units, which are usually less than 300 square feet in size. They tend to be occupied...
City Light Cancels Planned EV Charging Lot in Belltown
Seattle City Light has announced that plans will not move forward to build a new surface parking lot for electric vehicle (EV) charging on...
Seattle Council Passes Budget Swiping Affordable Housing Funds to Boost SPD
The Sara Nelson-led Seattle City Council passed their first city budget in an 8-1 vote. It greenlit the mayor’s plan to slash investments in affordable housing and social services and trim 48 staff positions in order to boost police spending by 16% and close a large deficit without raising new taxes.
Councilmember O’Brien Unveils Backyard Cottage Proposal
If you were beginning to think backyard cottages were going to end up on the legislative agenda backburner, think again. Councilmember Mike O'Brien has...
Amazon’s Warehouse Plans Have No Place in Mount Baker and Should Be Halted
Amazon is planning a distribution center at a coveted site in Mount Baker, Brian Miller of the Daily Journal of Commerce reported Tuesday. Despite...
WSDOT Has No Good Reasons to Widen SR 18, Yet State Advances $640 Million...
Unlike Tesla, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and our state legislature have designed an effective autopilot -- an autopilot that, instead of...
Sunday Video: Creating Functional Streets for Livable Cities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8zZdLw7cs
Bicycle Culture by Design from TEDx Talks on YouTube.
Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize Design Co. gives us a brief history of our streets and suggests how we can...
Bellevue Council Update: Comprehensive Plan Outreach and Managing Growth
With a unanimous vote to close out last night's meeting, Bellevue City Council officially approved the upcoming years-long outreach process for the city's Comprehensive...