Let’s Get Ready For #NACTO16!
We passed the Move Seattle Levy!!
The future of living in Seattle suddenly seems a lot more hopeful.
We’ll be repairing bridges, repaving roads, replacing broken...
What It Will Take to Close the Illegal Growth Loophole in 2022
Note: This article was revised on 10/29/21 to reflect Futurewise's decision to rename the "vesting loophole" as the "illegal growth loophole" to more clearly...
Policy Lab: Shifting Transportation Habits with Cold, Hard Cash
From e-bike rebates to congestion pricing, policy should incentivize healthy, eco-friendly choices. These six ideas can achieve a dramatic mode shift away from driving and toward transit, biking, walking, and rolling.
Top Urbanist Action: Improve The Roosevelt RapidRide
If you do one thing this week, it should be:
Give SDOT A Comment About The Roosevelt RapidRide: This line is one of seven...
Mercer Island Set to Renew Development Moratorium for Fourth Time in Two Years
On Tuesday evening, Mercer Island's City Council is poised to renew a moratorium that prevents the redevelopment of parcels in the southeast corner of...
Durkan’s 2022 SDOT Budget Would Revive Downtown Streetcar, But Makes Few Waves
A "cost-to-continue budget" is how Kris Castleman, the Seattle Department of Transportation's Finance and Administration Division, described the 2022 budget proposed by Mayor Jenny...
PLUS Committee to create final microhousing legislation today
Image: Microhousing in Wallingford by Footprint.
The long hard road to a new set of rules for microhousing may finally be coming to a conclusion....
Model Code Missing the Point on Middle Housing
Washington State Legislature legalized “missing middle” housing across the state, allowing more homes on a lot in the form of rowhouses, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes...