What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Bertha is an unmitigated disaster

A compelling case: Cary Moon lays out a reasonable path forward to end Seattle's version of the Big Dig before it destroys the city...

What We’re Reading: HQ2 B’vue, YIMBY Bill Passes, and Fly Less

Utrecht's for bikes: How did the Dutch make Utrecht a paradise for people biking? The airport effect: Two hotels are planned right nearby of Paine...

What We’re Reading: Saving Metro and Planning the City

Local headlines: Residents of affordable housing in the Central District fear that they could lose their housing due to sale of their building. Pacific Place...

What We’re Reading: Hop On the Rollercoaster!

  The development keeps coming: It looks like Pioneer Square, Downtown, and even Downtown Kent (my hometown) will get some big projects soon. That empty...

What We’re Reading: Staying Home, KC Is Third, and Lowered Displacement

Staying home: The New York Times looks at where Americans didn't stay home as the novel coronavirus spread ($). Pandemic lessons: Cities that took the...
A proper cycletrack in Victoria, British Columbia.

What We’re Reading: Coronavirus Crisis, Net Ecological Gain, and Livable

Pandemic planning: CityLab explains how global pandemics are also an urban planning issue. Adaptive reuse: The historic Georgetown Steam Plant will become a hub for...

What We’re Reading: Culpability All Around, OR Goes ID Stop, and Car-Free London

Rehabilitated?: Is the new Portland Building still the Portland Building? Culpability all around: Federal transportation safety officials blast all parties in the 2017 DuPont Amtrak...

What We’re Reading: Slow Start, Outdoor Education, and Vehicle Rampage

Slow start: Two years later, Minneapolis' zoning reform is slow to deliver on triplexes. Over-talked narrative: The media is obsessed with the "death of the...