Community Transit Sends Transit Expansion Measure to Snohomish County Voters
Snohomish County has an opportunity to vastly improve bus service if voters pass a sales tax in November. A sales tax increase of 0.3%...
What’s the Most Important Acronym on Seattle Streets?
The Seattle ROWIM or Right Of Way Improvement Manual may be the most important acronym guiding the development of Seattle streets today.
How wide are sidewalks...
Much DADU About Nothing
Since the release of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee recommendations, there has been much speculation on what diversifying the single-family zones...
A Big Revision: Seattle’s Pedestrian-Oriented Commercial Districts
Dotted across Seattle are scores of commercial districts, often lining the city's major thoroughfares. They are the centers of community where people assemble, conduct...
Share the City: Support the Full HALA Recommendations
Last week, amid much histrionics, The Seattle Times leaked a draft report of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee. Owen chimed in...
Mayor’s Housing Committee Proposes Modifying Seattle’s Single-Family Zoning
On Tuesday afternoon The Seattle Times' Danny Westneat broke the news (in an inflammatory manner) that Mayor Ed Murray's committee on housing may recommend making...
Four Key Takeaways on the Draft HALA Recommendations
I think it's a good thing that within hours of Danny Westneat leaking the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee draft recommendations, it...
Improvements to Seattle’s Design Review Program
The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is engaging with stakeholders and residents to develop improvements for the City's Design Review Program. In 1994,...