Mayor Chooses Repair Option with Expected Mid-2022 West Seattle Bridge Reopening
Mayor Jenny Durkan’s decision is now official: Seattle will repair rather than replace the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge. The decision comes just shy of...
Judkins Park to Mount Baker Bike Route Takes Shape
Like a planned safe bike route running the length of Beacon Hill that we wrote about earlier this week, the Seattle Department of Transportation...
City Unveils Site Plan for Green Lake Community Center Redevelopment
On Monday, Seattle Parks and Recreation (Parks, for short) released a preliminary site plan for the new Green Lake Community Center as part of...
Seattle Should Extend Its Stay Healthy Blocks Pilot
The future of the pilot, which relies on community sponsorship to open residential streets to pedestrians and cyclists, remains uncertain beyond the end of...
County Transfers Bus Hours to South King Citing Equity Framework, Nixes Route 41
On Friday, Publicola reported on King County Council's Thursday shelving of Councilmember Rod Dembowski's budget proposal to keep 47,000 annual service hours from Route...
A First Look at the Beacon Hill Safe Bike Route Proposal
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has released initial plans for a large segment of its planned safe bicycle route in Beacon Hill scheduled...
On the Prospect of an Urbanism of the Poor
Recently, I was asked for my definition of an urbanist. In reaching for a definition, I realized that I actually don’t have one--certainly not...
Pedersen, Herbold, and Lewis Propose $20 Car Tab Fee to Fund Bridge Maintenance
The three councilmembers say their plan investing $7.2 million annually will focus on "bridges with high-frequency public transit," but they haven't released the details.
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