What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Keeping Sidewalks Open

Bay Area boondoggle: How the Bay Bridge went from $250 million to $6.5 billion. Sound familiar? New again and again: Over at ATL Urbanist, Darin writes...

What We’re Reading: Shared Parking, Cheeky Art, And Co-Living

Going to bid: The Washington State Department of Transportation will soon go to bid for a new $12.5 million Amtrak station at Tacoma's Freighthouse Square. Co-work, co-live:...

What We’re Reading: Merging Everett Transit, Coastal Growth, and Urban Canopy

Merging Everett Transit: Community Transit and the City of Everett had a serious conversation about merging Everett Transit with Community Transit ($) with a...

What We’re Reading: Embracing Small, Parisian Gondola, And Seven Types Of Global Cities

Not your friend: Uber's recent advertising has come out swing at transit, which led transit guru Jarrett Walker to speak truth: Uber hates high-capacity...
Contemporary development in Downtown Kirkland.

What We’re Reading: Ban Hummers, Renovated and Reopened, and Federal Architecture

Water rights: According to Crosscut, state legislators want to protect water rights in Washington from Wall Street speculation. Ban Hummers: Streetsblog did a third-part series...

What We’re Reading: Filthy Operations, Nation’s Worst Traffic, and Future-Proofing

Snake oil: Washington lawmakers want the state to be exempt from a new federal plan to allow offshore drilling. City fitness zones: Seattle has 16...

What We’re Reading: Cold Water, Predictive Data, And Dockless Mayhem

DART shakeup: Dallas officials are enthusiastic about pushing forward sensible local bus network changes. Frightening: One person biking catches a scary hit-and-run of person biking...

What We’re Reading: Kenmore Urbanism, Federal Regression, and Disputable Fugures

Sky high: After delays, the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah is getting construction underway. Kenmore urbanism: Crosscut highlighted this week how urban life is taking...