Center City Streetcar Dominates at Initial Transportation Budget Discussion
A discussion on possible changes to Mayor Durkan's proposed budget for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) was dominated Friday by further relitigating of...
Everett Transit Delivers A Painful Restructuring Plan; It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
Everett Transit is in the midst of a painful service restructuring planning process. Fresh off its long-range planning effort to develop a path to...
Workforce Housing Recommendations
Seattle's council has spent a lot of the last year trying to figure out how to address housing costs. Continuing this conversation, four council members...
‘South Downtown Hub’ Outreach Ponders Chinatown Connectivity Without New Station
On Wednesday, Sound Transit hosted an outreach event at Union Station aimed at building consensus and easing tensions in Chinatown. Organizer Brien Chow spoke out to argue the Fourth Avenue station option was being sidelined and shortcomings of the agency's North and South of CID preferred alternative were being papered over.
PSRC Housing Strategy Seeks to Galvanize Region to Action
In July, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) released their draft three-pronged Regional Housing Strategy (RHS). The strategy is to be a collection of...
Harrell Cuts Social Safety Net to Fund 16% Boost to SPD
Mayor Bruce Harrell’s 2025 budget would cut elsewhere to fund a 16% increase to the Seattle Police Department. The cuts to affordable housing and social services could backfire, undermining public safety and homelessness response.
Metro Everett Has A Fully-Baked Rezone Proposal
Everett has an ambitious city center planning proposal that has been circulating city hall for more than two years. Known as "Metro Everett," the...
Vision 2050 Has Passed. On to Visions 2024.
Puget Sound's long-term regional planning document has passed. Now the individual city planning begins.
On Friday, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) adopted Vision 2050,...