What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Yes, Gentrification Is A Problem

Gentrification: The New Yorker asked Is Gentrification Really A Problem?  The article seemed to suggest no but, yes. Yes it is. The piece goes...

What We’re Reading: Amazon Expands, Major Renovations, and Bremerton Boom

5G mobile service: Small cell technology could be on the way to a neighborhood near you. Called 5G, small cell technology, is a more...

What We’re Reading: Upsizing, Elite Access Only, and Highway Revolt

Collaborative development: South Lake Union parking lots owned by Recovery Café, Cornish College of the Arts, and Bellwether Housing are being sold for redevelopment...

What We’re Reading: Company Town Planning, Pike Mural, And Unfunded

Company town planning: Could Facebook learn from the company towns of old? The other bikeshare: LimeBike, a bikeshare competitor to Spin, is set to launch...

What We’re Reading: Parking’s Drawbacks, Eliminating Parking Minimums, and Bike Biz

Parking’s drawbacks: How does parking destroy cities? Imagine that: A study indicates that cities better serving women bicyclists have more bicycling overall. Slowed down: Plans to...

What We’re Reading: Cafe Streets, Still Struggling, and Naming Rights

Bus project scope creep: Despite bigger plans for bus priority on North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, officials have thrown up their hands for...

What We’re Reading: Public Schools First

Growing minds: The University of Washington-Tacoma (UWT) branch is planning to expand into the Old Spaghetti Factory (OSF) building sooner rather than later (UWT...

What We’re Reading: Parisian Veloism, Bus Only, and Drinking Water Woes

On fire: Apparently two Lime bike batteries caught fire this week. Whoops. Is that something we should be worried about? Safer places: A new Seattle homelessness...