What We're Reading

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What We’re Reading: Zoning For Housing, Surrey Beats Vancouver, and Safer Cars

Zoning for housing: Bend rezoned single-family areas and has seen a sharp increase in housing production. Choice remains: In Alaska, the state supreme court has...

What We’re Reading: Paddleboard Urbanism

Photo finish: The Fremont Bridge will see over 1 million bike rides for 2014. Northgate ped-bike bridge: Local politicians call for more time on promised funding for...

What We’re Reading: Safetyville, It Stings, and Failing Upward

Safetyville: How has Hoboken ended traffic fatalities and how is going to end traffic injuries? : A person biking was killed last night near West...

What We’re Reading: Future Cities

Stop the violence: Mayor Murray released a detailed plan for how to reduce Seattle gun violence this week in the wake of a serious rash...

What We’re Reading: Seattle’s Smallest Triangle, Bombshell, And Rising Waters

Seattle's smallest triangle: The bizzare story of a Dodge's Triangle in Capitol Hill. Emulating Bogotá: What would it take to replicate the high quality experience of Bogotá's...

What We’re Reading: Post Car Future, Rail First, and Dystopian Car Visions

Streetcar fare enforcement: Seattle is looking at more fare enforcement on the streetcar to reduce security incidents ($). Post car future: According to The Economist,...

What We’re Reading: Rigged!

Rigged! - State Senator Bob Hasegawa thinks everything is rigged, most of all things pertaining to Sound Transit, and he's running for Mayor of Seattle....

What We’re Reading: Park It, Walk It, Bike It, Transit

Park it: The happiest commutes are active commutes, and the car loses the longer the commute while other modes barely budge over time. But surprise! Those...