Seattle’s smallest triangle: The bizzare story of a Dodge’s Triangle in Capitol Hill.
Emulating Bogotá: What would it take to replicate the high quality experience of Bogotá’s bus rapid transit network?
Revamped public space: Updated designs have been revealed for the Volunteer Park amphitheater.
Lawyering up: With the SR-99 tunnel boring done, the knives sharpen to make the state fork over cash for the massively over-budget project.
Anti-labor rights: Uber unionization in Seattle is now up in the air after a federal judge placed on injunction on collective bargaining for drivers while the lawsuit is decided in court.
Cruel landlords: In the age of Trumpian fascism, California landlords are taking advantage of the political air by threatening immigrant tenants with deportation.
Hopscotch boom: Washington, D.C. looks toward a new bridge near Union Station, which could unlock a major development and transportation renaissance in and around the station’s expansive railyards.
Cultural expansion: The Pratt Fine Arts Center contemplates a major expansion in a mixed-use development on Jackson Street.
Soul of the city: Prague’s most important cultural public space has become highly commercialized over the years leaving severe distaste in the mouths of many Praguers, but can it be reclaimed?
Bombshell: Mayor Ed Murray has been accused of sexual abuse from 1980s, but publicly denied the claims this week.
Housing interest: Intracorp considers development of a 348-unit project in the heart of Little Saigon.
2017 Parking Madness: In the annual national “parking madness” championship, it’s down to Denver and Poughkeepsie on who has the worse parking crater.
Subsidized structured parking: Sound Transit is evaluating four locations near Kent Station for a new park-and-ride garage.
Transforming to green: Perhaps ironically, a coal museum in Kentucky will be powered by solar energy–so much for fossil fuel jobs.
Rising waters: In a special report to The New York Times, journalists show how climate change via rising waters is already acutely harming major cities in China.
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.