What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: University Link Is Nearly Here!

#NoNewRoads: Strong Towns ran a special series on #NoNewRoads and featured a variety of pieces on Washington's wasteful highway spending. Streets for people: Seattle Neighborhood Greenways suggests...
A photo of a sign advertising the Georgetown flume park and trail connection in front of an empty lot.

What We’re Reading: Pedestrian Streets, Equitable Congestion Pricing, and a New Park and Trail...

Pedestrian streets: Ellensburg is considering how it might pedestrianize streets. Missouri: Missouri River Runner Amtrak service is getting cutting back to one daily trip between...

What We’re Reading: Car-Free Berlin, Fare Capping, and Safety Gates

Car-free Berlin: Berlin advocates are proposing a car-free area bigger than Manhattan. De-leading: Washington, D.C. wants to eliminate lead pipes by 2030 but the plan...
A mural on the Berlin Wall.

What We’re Reading: Bailout Transit, PDX Open Streets, and London’s Train Daddy

Bailout transit: Amtrak needs more than $1 billion from the federal government to cover costs associated with the pandemic. Local transit agencies across the...

What We’re Reading: Turncoats, Competing Arena Plans, And Accelerated Assembly

Turncoats: In a unanimous assist by House Democrats, the party is helping Republicans make a raid on the heavily-backed and voter-approved Sound Transit 3...

What We’re Reading: Affordable Housing Debate, Ferry Progress, and Westlake Tragedy

Inevitable?: Is transit ridership loss inevitable? Yonah Freemark does a U.S.–France comparison. Parisian architecture: Why are Parisians outraged by an addition to the famed Gare...

What We’re Reading: Vacancies Rising, Back to Basics, and Reducing Pollution

Vacancies rising: In the core of Downtown Seattle, 26% of apartment dwelling units are empty ($). Going all in: A non-profit developer is planning more than...

What We’re Reading: Anti-Discrimination Policy, Legalizing Co-Living, and Sued for Accessibility

Anti-discrimination policy: The Biden administration's housing department is barring anti-LGBTQ discrimination practices in the housing market. Good, not great: Streetsblog says House Congressional support for...