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Sunday Video: The History of Redlining in Seattle

https://youtu.be/mBQE5rrWDfA KCTS9 has a very short video on the history of redlining in Seattle and the long-lasting impacts of the practise.

Seattle’s New Pre-Tax Transit Pass Policy Will Save Users Hundreds Annually

Many Seattle commuters will get a new benefit that they can use for their transportation needs. Beginning in 2020, Seattle employers with 20 or...

Community Alliance Urges City to Stop and Rethink the Mercer Mega Block Sale

Public land is owned by all of us. City government acts as its steward, ensuring it is managed in the public interest, to benefit...

Everett Doubles Local Bus Fares

Everett Transit is in the midst of a major restructuring effort for the kind of network and service that the transit agency will provide...

What Does a Sanctuary City Look and Feel Like?

"Displaced: Design For Inclusive Cities" Contest Winners Envision Cities That Welcome, Support, And Empower Refugees and Migrants Despite the Trump administration's recent decision to reduce...

Carbon Pollution Fee Would Invest Billions in Washington State’s Green Economy

At a recent presentation by Shift Zero, a zero net carbon building alliance, mention of Initiative 1631 stirred excitement among the green building professionals in...

Sunday Video: Let’s Make Mass Transit Free*

https://youtu.be/ccxVYborUcU On City Beautiful, Dave Amos takes a look at the benefits for free public transit and why it should be expanded to more transit...

Long Promised Center City Streetcar Would Be a Boon to First Hill

Within a year, 1,400 new housing units will come online in First Hill, which is already one of Seattle’s densest neighborhoods, as well as...