Plans and Policy

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...

‘Pay Up’ Legislation Aims To Ensure Seattle App-Based Workers Earn Minimum Wage Among Other...

Councilmembers Lisa Herbold (District 1) and Andrew Lewis (District 7) have unveiled Pay Up, a proposed bill intended to improve compensation and working conditions...

The Seattle Times’ Suburban Dream Doesn’t Match Urban Realities

In yet another hit piece aimed at local government, The Suburban Seattle Times is questioning an effort to increase the efficiency of city streets....

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...

Amendment Guts Key Climate Provisions in Growth Management Bill

However, it's not too late to let Washington lawmakers know they should restore the bill to its original intention. Last night the Senate Ways and...
Fremont rooftops with a haze of smoke over and sun barely poking through.

Cascadia Needs to Change Its Ways to Keep from Burning Up

A week of forest fires and skies choked with toxic smoke was a sobering reminder of the fragility of our environment. An incredible amount of...
I-5 and the Seattle Skyline at sunset looking down Yesler Way to Elliott Bay with Smith Tower peeking out on the left and the car-clogged I-5 trench on the right.

Why Climate Advocates Should Be Urbanists, Part 1

Land use policy is a powerful tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change. So why isn’t it a bigger part of the policy debate? This four-part 'Land Use and Climate Change' series explores that question.
Bellevue square parking

Bellevue’s Parking Obsession is Climate Arson

During my research and writing of the Downtown Bellevue development articles, I actively estimated the amount of parking spaces that Bellevue had recently added...