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Pedestrian Projects Face Delays As School Camera Funding Falls Short

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is facing a significant shortfall in revenue from the city's school speed zone and red light traffic cameras...

The Urbanist Podcast: An Oral History of Passing the Missing Middle Housing Bill

In this year’s legislative session, the Washington State Legislature passed extensive housing reform. House Bill 1110 compelled many cities in Washington to open up...

Sounder South Could Get Service Boost and More Tracks Near Tacoma

Sound Transit is taking a beat to rethink Sounder South capital expansion investments and plan targeted investments that could benefit existing Sounder and Amtrak...
Satellite photo of the Pacific Northwest with cloud cover on May 15, 2023

Climate Change is Influencing Seattle’s Unusual Spring Heatwave 

Twenty degrees. That’s how much higher temperatures in Seattle were during a heatwave this week compared to what we usually experience this time of year,...
Two buses queue on Prefontaine Place in downtown Seattle

King County Metro Plans Dramatic Schedule Cuts This Fall

King County Metro will significantly scale back the number of scheduled bus trips across the county this September, impacting 4% of trips across the...

Lake Washington Bicycle Weekends Make a Scaled-Back Summer 2023 Return

The Harrell Administration is prioritizing cars over people rolling and biking on Lake Washington Boulevard. Seattle Parks and Recreation has announced the schedule for 2023's...
A no turn on red sign in downtown Seattle with Rainier Tower building in the background

No Right Turn on Red Is Now the Default in Seattle

Not allowing drivers to make a free right turn at a red light, or a left turn from a one-way street, will be the...

Heroes and Zeroes of the 2023 Washington State Legislature

Single family zoning will soon be a thing of the past for most Washington cities thanks to passage of statewide “missing middle” housing reform...