South Sound
Minimum Wage Initiative Launches in Renton, Builds Off Successes in South King County
Hot off the coattails of a resounding electoral victory to raise the minimum wage in Tukwila, a new coalition has formed to launch a...
Report Highlights Puget Sound’s Housing Deficit and Zoning Reform Potential
On Thursday, Urban Institute released a new report focused on the Seattle metropolitan region that is sure to be of interest to urbanists and...
A User’s Guide to the Tacoma Line T Hilltop Extension
A lot of transit buzz in the Northwest recently has been about our regional light rail system, Line 1 and Line 2, being expanded...
Pierce Transit Plans ‘Stream’ BRT Expansion, Bus Lane Cutbacks on First Line
Pierce Transit is advancing its new bus rapid transit (BRT) program, Stream, with a first line planned from Tacoma to Spanaway that the agency...
2020 Point-in-Time Report Shows Homelessness Continues to Climb in King County
Data reveals a 5% increase in people living on the streets from 2019.
In the earliest hours of the morning on January 24th, 2020,...
BRT Chosen For Tacoma-Spanaway Bus Corridor By Pierce Transit
Last week, the Pierce Transit Board of Directors formally took the step to decide the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for an upgraded transit corridor...
Fewer, Better Routes In Pierce Transit Restructure
To date, the pace of local transit service restoration in Tacoma-Pierce County following the Great Recession has been a slow crawl, expanding at roughly...