What We’re Reading: Rose Lanes, HS2 Green-Lighted, and A Useful Tool
Rose lanes: Portland has adopted its "rose lanes" program to expand transit priority across the city, but will they be safe for people biking?
Meter...
What We’re Reading: The Washington Legislature Finally Makes Big Decisions
VanCan commiseration: The Vancouver, BC area's transit referendum failed by wide margins this week, despite grand plans for expansion of SkyTrain and local bus service.
It's...
What We’re Reading: Fare-Free SLC, Failed Venture, and Trim Their Trips
Corporate meddlers: The Koch brothers are trying to derail a Phoenix light rail project.
Unwise plot: California could end up shifting billions of dollars from...
What We’re Reading: Housing for All, Authoritarianism at Work, and Corner Stores Invigorate
Intra-party challenge: Two Democrats are going head-to-head for the open Lt. Governor position in Washington.
CA rent control: California has another statewide rent control measure...
What We’re Reading: Mount Baker Station, Ending Covid Protocols, and Reducing Drunk Driving
Mount Baker Station: Community members want to activate the Mount Baker Station area.
Indigenous housing: Crosscut profiles a Chief Seattle Club housing project in Pioneer...
What We’re Reading: Skybridges, Arts District, And A Summer Tradition
Ground-high not sky-high?: Spokane Rising says that it's time to stem the tide of new skybridges in Spokane because they harm street-level activity.
Wrong approach: CityLab...
What We’re Reading: Tragedy in DuPont, Bussed Out, and Tilting at Windmills
Tragedy in DuPont: Earlier this week, an Amtrak Cascades train derailed just south of DuPont killing three passengers--including two local train aficionados ($)--and dozens of...
What We’re Reading: 102 Stories (Not) Coming To Downtown Seattle
United metropole: Paris has finally unified dozens of suburbs and the city into one unitary body called “Métropole du Grand Paris”; the new body...