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Sound Transit will be conducting maintenance and expansion tie-in work May 12 through June 25 that will impact 1 Line light rail service. The biggest disruptions will take place June 1 and 2, June 21 through June 23, and Tuesdays after 11pm.
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Op-Ed: Seattle Council Must Reject an Unaccountable SPOG Contract
The tentative labor contract with the Seattle Police Officers Guild fails to strengthen accountability while offering huge retroactive pay increases. With a contract that is expired as soon as it's signed, it’s difficult to understand why the City is giving up leverage in these negotiations. Council will vote to ratify the deal Tuesday.
King County Metro Adds More Trips on DART Services Starting Today
Starting May 13, King County Metro is restoring some hyper-local dial-a-ride transit (DART) service, with total of 79 additional trips to six DART routes in Mercer Island, Federal Way, Tukwila, Renton, Auburn, and Enumclaw.
Join The Urbanist for Our Monthly Meetup on May 16
The Urbanist's monthly meetup is 5:30pm Thursday at Stoup Capitol Hill. This month's event is part of Affordable Housing Week.
Sunday Video: A Realistic Cascadia High-Speed Rail Line
The dream of high-speed rail in Cascadia continues as state government studies how to achieve it, but what might a realistic high-speed...
Op-Ed: New SPOG Contract Will Kneecap Hiring (at Least of Cops...
It would be a big mistake for Seattle City Council to approve the new Seattle Police Officers Guild contract because it fails to ensure Seattle is safer by promoting proactive policing and civilian alternatives for low-level calls.
King County Consortium to Kick Off Affordable Housing Week on Monday
Check out an event in a packed calendar of Affordable Housing Week events running the gambit from a keynote kickoff Monday to building tours to The Urbanist's social hour Thursday.
State Proposes to Drop Bike and Pedestrian Tunnel from Seattle’s Roanoke...
A long-planned 10th Avenue underpass intended to enable easier walking and biking trips is set to be dropped from one of the state's biggest highway megaprojects as a cost-cutting measure.
Join The Urbanist for Our Monthly Meetup on May 16
The Urbanist's monthly meetup is 5:30pm Thursday at Stoup Capitol Hill. This month's event is part of Affordable Housing Week.
King County Consortium to Kick Off Affordable Housing Week on Monday
Check out an event in a packed calendar of Affordable Housing Week events running the gambit from a keynote kickoff Monday to building tours to The Urbanist's social hour Thursday.
Join Us at ‘Navigating Mobility for All’ Forum Featuring Anna Zivarts
Join us Monday, May 13th for a 7:30pm forum with Anna Zivarts, Barb Chamberlain, Tanisha Sepúlveda at Town Hall Seattle. Panelists will discuss how we create better transportation systems that effectively factor in the needs of non-drivers.
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2025 Opening for Full East Link Sits on a Razor’s Edge
Track restoration work on the remainder of the 2 Line across I-90 is 80% complete, but any additional delays are almost certain to push a grand opening into 2026.
Issaquah Approves Affordable Housing Incentives Near Future Light Rail
Issaquah is set to provide incentives to build up to 800 homes under a new program intended to densify transit-rich Central Issaquah, near a future light rail station.
Riders Swarm East Link Light Rail on Opening Weekend
After a 90-minute opening ceremony, the 2 Line clocked 35,000 boardings on Saturday. Leaders predicted the line will dramatically transform the Eastside.
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Urbanists Rally to Sway Seattle Growth Plan
Comment on the draft Seattle Comprehensive Plan by May 20. Housing advocates have urged the City to adopt the "Housing Abundance Map" rather than keep exclusionary zoning.
Op-Ed: Building the Seattle We Want with the Growth We’ll Have
Seattle's proposed 20-year growth strategy could certainly use improvement. Here are suggestions to promote housing abundance, fight exclusion, and curb climate pollution.
Planners Proposed Bigger Upzones Before Harrell’s Team Intervened, Records Show
A paper trail from fall 2023 shows that Mayor Harrell's office overruled his planning department and cut transit corridor upzones and halved the number of proposed "neighborhood centers" before release of the growth strategy.
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Urbanist Leader Rian Watt Talks Housing Crisis on Hacks & Wonks...
The Urbanist's Executive Director Rian Watt appeared on Crystal Fincher's Hacks and Wonks podcast on April 9 to talk about the housing crisis. He offered three fixes for the Seattle Comprehensive Plan.
The Urbanist Podcast: Vote Up to the End
It's time to vote for Seattle City Council, a housing levy, and elected positions all over King County. The Urbanist has published its general...
Guest Podcast: Recycling America’s Railroads into Trails
The Urbanist Podcast is on summer break so we thought we'd share with you a guest podcast on a topic near and dear to...
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