Outdoors For All Act Could Fund Better Park Access in South King County
As a coordinator for an outdoor preschool, Eya Lazaro helps families of color find greenspaces across the Puget Sound for their young children to...
Washingtonians Oppose Funding for Highway Expansion, Poll Indicates
In a recent poll released by the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI), fewer than 20% of respondents agreed that the Washington State Legislature should prioritize...
Transpo Notes: No Extra Gas Tax, Metro Staffing Challenges, Governor Makes High Speed Rail...
This week's Traspo Notes highlights: schedule changes to Link, statewide transportation package funding policy, a new trail segment in Bellevue, staffing challenges at King...
Bateman, Macri, Das Propose Missing Middle Housing Bill Tackling Exclusionary Zoning Statewide
Washington could follow in the example of Oregon and California by chipping away at the predominance of single-family zoning across the state with new...
Seattle Needs a Truly Multimodal Snow Clearance Plan
Puget Sound cities cannot continue to neglect sidewalks, bus routes, bike lanes, and multimodal trails when winter storms hit.
Today King County Metro finally (mostly)...
Equity Analysis Favors Broader Home in Tacoma Rezone
Note: This article was updated on 1/4/22 to insert the correct map for City Council District 2.
Tacoma’s affordable housing initiative, Home in Tacoma,...
Dubicki: It Is Not Too Soon
Middle age, quarterbacks, and "Don’t Look Up"
Here we are at the threshold of the most important celebration of the year: my birthday. As it...
The Urbanist’s Biggest Hits of 2021
Qualifying something as the "best" simply because it is the most popular is an idea that I've always pushed back against. But as I...