What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Clean Power

Get safer: The City of Seattle has launched a brand new digital emergency alert system called "AlertSeattle". Street power: Edinburgh's newish streetcar system is a...

What We’re Reading: Cohesive Public Spaces

Regional growth: Seattle Transit Blog gives a comprehensive rundown of growth around the Central Puget Sound. It appears that people are choosing Seattle and the Eastside...

What We’re Reading: Eroding Infrastructure

Top 10: The current ranking of US cities as the most walkable. Shell No: The reason why Shell's Polar Pioneer is allowed to dock in...

What We’re Reading: Amazon Go, Bmorebikes, And Vancouver Solutions

Starved for cash: Perennial anti-government provocateur and initiative abuser Tim Eyman has had a profound impact on disinvestment in Eastern Washington due to his...

What We’re Reading: 2018 Streetsies, A Different Big Box, and Wright Architecture

Penalize scofflaws: Seattle wants to unclog bus lanes with camera enforcement ($), but that will take a change in state law. 2018 Streetsies: Streetsblog has...

What We’re Reading: Grand Bike Plan, One Track Mind, and Plastic Straws

Rapidly urbanizing Seattle: Census data indicates that Seattle has grown by 116,000 since 2010. Overpromising benefits: Tax preferences in "Opportunity Zones" probably won't have the...

What We’re Reading: Build Housing, Reduced Fares, and H Mart!

Build housing: Previous contributor to The Urbanist Ron Davis says that the only way to solve homelessness is to build more homes. TOD WMATA: Washington,...
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What We’re Reading: Moynihan Train Hall, Not Dead Yet, and Trading Maximums

Broader history: The National Register of Historic Places is very White, but it could use some broadening for non-White history ($). Montréal's RER: Montréal is...