Plans and Policy

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The Chamber of Commerce’s Seattle Budget Fix Is Slashing City Services and Freezing Wages

While running government like a business is a dream of chambers of commerce, businesses don’t freeze wages and spending when they need to hire...
Aerial view of downtown buildings with rendering of a park lid over the highway.

Seattle City Council Supports Lidding I-5 in New Resolution

Councilmember Nelson abstained, citing cost worries On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution supporting the development of freeway lids in the city. Passage...

Map of the Week: Seattle’s New Long-Range Rail Plan Goes Big

Seattle's new long-range plan for high capacity transit echoes vision maps created by Seattle Subway and advanced by The Urbanist. Seattle's long-range rail transit vision...

Metro Zeroes In on Lynnwood Link Bus Restructure

Riders have until August 27 to give feedback on the Phase 3 restructure proposal. Lynnwood Link is set to open in fall 2024 and bring...

Seattle Transportation Plan Shows an Ambitious Vision, But the Hard Part Comes Next

In 1972, the City of Seattle asked a group of citizens, anyone who wanted to attend a series of meetings, to work together to...
Eight One Hundred Bellevue's construction site

Bellevue City Council Advances Watered-Down Growth Alternative

Bellevue is one step closer in planning its growth for the next 20 years after a series of City Council meetings on the topic...
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Ten Years Later, the Bullitt Center Still Sets the Standard for Green Office Buildings

"Those who assume that a net-zero building like the Bullitt Center is either too expensive to be profitable or requires cutting edge technology are...

Op-Ed: Off-Base Form-Based Codes Could Be Headed to Seattle

Right now, the city of Seattle is at a crossroads. As a robust job market, the city has never had a housing plan that...