Perennial crook: Tim Eyman has been caught with money bags from his fraudulent initiative campaigning and the state is going after him.
Budget hunger games: The Washington House passes a budget, but it’s headed to negotiations to reconcile the differences with the upper chamber’s own budget bill.
More than design: To build great public space, you need more than just great design.
Bikeway: Providence is planning to put bike infrastructure in the footprint of what was once a freeway.
Ubered: Uber et al are backing road pricing schemes, and there are good reasons why. Meanwhile, Uber is back to work with their self-driving car testing after one of the vehicles flipped over last week.
Witch hunters: The White House is threatening sanctuary cities like Seattle on funding, but Seattle is fighting back in court.
Industrial powered: Arlington and Marysville hope to add more than 20,000 industrial-based jobs in the years to come; the jobs are predicated on their proposed change in regional land use policy.
Sad loser: In another setback to the Trump family, Chinese investors are pulling out of the family’s ego-crazed tower proposal aptly numbered 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
No vacancy: Toronto and Ontario are looking to tax vacant housing units to help keep housing prices down.
Brutal-less: In an effort to improve lighting, WMATA in DC has added paint to the otherwise dreadful concrete brutalist interior at Union Station.
Sweet deal: Hugo House could get 10,000 square feet in a new mixed-use building for almost half the price of fair market value.
Life again: The restored Publix in the International District is slated to get its first new retail tenants.
High-rise city: London opened 26 new skyscrapers in 2016 with 455 more in the pipeline.
Taming the streets: In the Bronx, a freeway could end up biting the dust to make way for a pedestrian-oriented boulevard.
Bigger BIA: The Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce wants to expand the local business improvement area.
Driverless: Streetsblog examines why driving rates among America’s youth continues to decline.
Ballard boatlet: CityLab profiles Mighty-O’s new and quaint boat-themed parklet in Ballard.
Danger ahead: The Puget Sound’s health is jeopardy from more than just cleanup funding from the federal government; the state appears to be headed toward funding cuts.
Stephen is a professional urban planner in Puget Sound with a passion for sustainable, livable, and diverse cities. He is especially interested in how policies, regulations, and programs can promote positive outcomes for communities. With stints in great cities like Bellingham and Cork, Stephen currently lives in Seattle. He primarily covers land use and transportation issues and has been with The Urbanist since 2014.