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Eastside

Bellevue Should Save Coal Creek from Sprawl Development

Embedded in Bellevue's Coal Creek wilderness area are a handful of parcels that have been developed or zoned for single-family homes. In 2016 and...

Photo Tour of Sound Transit’s New Operations and Maintenance Facility East

Excitement has long been building for Sound Transit's many system expansions that are due over the next few years. With the agency's extension of...

East Bellevue Community Council Blocks Necessary Parking Reform

The move embroiled the City of Bellevue in a costly legal fight. Already on the hook for $40,000 in legal fees, the City could...

Catch Up on Bellevue’s Park Development Spree and Incoming Parks

Alongside a flurry of commercial and to a lesser degree residential development, the City of Bellevue has been improving and expanding its park system...

New Bellevue and Woodinville Eastrail Segments Anticipated to Open in 2021

Underway in the Eastside is an effort to unify isolated railway-turned trails into a regionally unrivaled trail. Named Eastrail in 2019, the planned trail...
A row of skyscrapers behind a row of trees at a Bellevue park.

A Perspective from the City Across the Lake

It was fitting for my first full day in the Pacific Northwest to start off with a cold and rainy January morning. As I...

Bothell Legalizes Duplexes on Corner Lots and Trims Red Tape

Bothell has become the most recent city in the Puget Sound Region to adopt zoning reforms that realize objectives of the state's 2019 housing...
I-405 northbound car traffic with bridges and skyscrapers in the background.

Bellevue’s New I-405 Interchange Won’t Reduce Congestion

Cities across the country have poured billions and billions into ineffective road infrastructure projects that are leaving them deep in traffic and even deeper...