Tacoma on the Move: Pierce Transit’s Vision for a Growing City
Tacoma is growing. City, county, and regional leaders and planners are working to meet this growth with transportation options aligned with state mandates and...
Tacoma: Public Space and Public Life
In my last installment, I pointed out the importance of sidewalks—that they exist and that they are continuous—both because they provide an opportunity for...
Tacoma: Getting To Know My New City Through Walking
I moved to Tacoma the last weekend of July. Even as I got keys to my apartment the day after I arrived, my stuff...
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...
Wonkabout Washington: Tacoma Passes Inclusionary Zoning for Mall Area
We are excited to announce a new partnership between Futurewise and The Urbanist! Futurewise is a statewide organization dedicated to proper implementation of the...
Sound Transit Embarks on Tacoma Dome Link Extension Scoping
Thanks to the passage of Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, Sound Transit will extend light rail from Federal Way to the Tacoma Dome district...
Tacoma Is Masterplanning the Tacoma Mall Area
Tacoma is in the process of developing a subarea plan for Tacoma Mall and its environs. The plan will guide growth and redevelopment of...
Hot Off The Presses: New Tacoma Link Renderings
New renderings of stations along the Tacoma Link extension have been released. Sound Transit plans to construct a 2.4-mile, $175 million extension of the...