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Improving Bellevue’s Grand Connection: Part 1 – Lake Washington and Main Street

Note: This article was edited on 10/31/21 to add recommendations for improving accessibility on Main Street. Downtown Bellevue is undergoing one of the fastest...

ICYMI: Mayor Murray calls for Vision Zero, a plan for zero traffic deaths and...

On the backdrop of Lake City Way yesterday afternoon, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray met with dozens of supporters and advocates to unveil his citywide...

Catch Up on Bellevue’s Park Development Spree and Incoming Parks

Alongside a flurry of commercial and to a lesser degree residential development, the City of Bellevue has been improving and expanding its park system...

Seattle Will Work Through A Litany Of Planning Issues In 2016

2016 promises to be a very busy year for urban planning issues in Seattle. In the first meeting of the new Planning, Land Use,...

King County Looks Toward Land Use Changes

In late September, the King County Council's Transportation, Economy and Environment (TrEE) Committee met to discuss amendments to the King County Executive's Recommended Plan for...

Sound Transit Shares Roosevelt TOD Stakeholder Priorities

Sound Transit held an open house last night in the Roosevelt neighborhood to discuss priorities for transit-oriented development (TOD). The transit agency has three...

Top Urbanist Action: Voice Support for Head Tax to Fund Housing

Show Up and Support $75 million a Year for Affordable Housing: The committee vote on employee hours "head" tax is happening this week on...

Seattle’s Comp Plan Shuffle: Some Amendments Move Forward, Others Peter Out

On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution identifying possible Comprehensive Plan amendments to be further processed in advance of a final ordinance...