Yearly Archives: 2024

Seattle Officials Tout Safety, Mental Health Interventions for New School Year

City and school officials promise a tangible change in safety and student supports when the new school year begins. But they're delivering fewer mental health investments than student groups requested.

WSDOT Head Millar Wants $150 Million Annually to Fix Washington’s ‘Stroads’

WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar is asking for a dedicated funding source to fix the most dangerous state highways in Washington, laying down a $150 million per year benchmark.
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Join The Urbanist for Our Monthly Meetup Tonight

Join The Urbanist for our monthly meetup tonight (August 22nd) from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Stoup Capitol Hill.

Shoreline North Station Sees New Urban Connection Form

Within a mile of Shoreline North Station, about 1,700 homes have been built or planned since 2019. While the development pipeline is petering out, the City could jumpstart it once more with zoning changes and action to redevelop public land.

Local Governments Voice Support for Retaining Washington’s Signature Climate Law

The City of Kenmore was the first city to pass a resolution officially opposing Initiative 2117. Others have followed, but big cities like Seattle and Bellevue have not weighed in.

Seattle Council Seeks to Ban People Charged with Drug Crimes from...

Hoping to disrupt the drug trade and prostitution, centrist councilmembers are resurrecting regressive exclusion zone policies that have failed repeatedly in the past.

South Shoreline Light Rail Brings Suburban Retrofit with Thousands of Homes

Shoreline is seeing booming development. We'll take a look at what's been built and what's on the way near the soon-to-open Shoreline South light rail station.

Sunday Video: The Real Problem with “Luxury Housing”

Across North America, people claim that they want affordable housing in their communities while deriding and fighting what they perceive as "luxury housing." A...