Office of the Waterfront Releases Bell Street Proposal
Officials stopped short of full pedestrianization, but do plan a cycle track.
Seattle's special department focused on the revamp of the central waterfront has released...
Leaked Everett Link Plans Heavy on Displacement, Light on Connectivity
Sound Transit plans continue to avoid taking car lanes to site light rail. Greater displacement, less space for transit-oriented housing, and more dangerous crossings...
Seattle Plans to Extend and Upgrade Third Avenue Transit Mall in 2024
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has announced a slate of improvements to Third Avenue, the city's busiest bus corridor, that include a planned...
The Urbanist Podcast: UW Looks at Getting Cascadia High Speed Rail
Cascadia is uniquely set up as a region that would support high-speed rail. Between the linear arrangement of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC, and...
Transportation Wonk Joe Vinson Steps Up for SeaTac Council
It all started with a sidewalk. Or rather, a lack of one.
When a brand new elementary school opened in his neighborhood, Joe Vinson...
Urbanism 101: Tactical Urbanism
Street improvements are often long and drawn-out affairs. Pop-up projects can show otherwise.
Urban projects can take a significant amount of time and financing to...
South Park Organizes To Tackle Highway Pollution
Often after Rosa Lopez picks up her son from school, they walk under a highway and half a mile to the South Park Community...
Op-Ed: Washington State Needs a Cumulative Air Toxics Law
The Duwamish River Valley hosts three freeways, two international airports, an international seaport, and a river so polluted it was declared a federal Superfund...