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Your Transit Trips Are Free This Weekend, Let’s Celebrate!

The upgrades coming to the central Puget Sound's regional transit pass, ORCA, next Monday are front-and-center at the region's transit agencies right now. With...

Seattle Families Mobilize Against Sweeping Change to School Bell Times

Seattle Public Schools is rushing toward a three tiered schedule of school start times. The district should reassess. (Photo: Seattle Department of Transportation)
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City Light Adds to Waterfront ‘Bait-and-Switch’ with Belltown Surface Parking Lot Proposal

Last month The Urbanist detailed how Seattle City Light is moving forward with plans to install new surface parking lots with electric vehicle (EV)...
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Home in Tacoma for All Coalition Seeks Greater Equity in Zoning Reforms

Home in Tacoma aims to overhaul Tacoma’s housing rules to allow greater flexibility in building practices. It will allow denser housing to be built...

Superyachts Push Ballard Bridges Soaring to New Heights

A Coast Guard vertical clearance determination dealt a blow to elevated light rail options for Ballard Link, giving tunnel alternatives a boost -- not...
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Othello’s Transit-Oriented Housing Boom

The neighborhood near the Othello Link light rail station in Seattle’s South End has seen an impressive boom in market-rate and affordable rate housing...

Selecting the Best Light Rail Alignments for West Seattle, Ballard, and Downtown

Sound Transit is in the midst of winnowing options to route light rail to Ballard and West Seattle, adding a second Downtown Seattle transit...
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Corporations Push Back As Details Emerge on Seattle’s Pay Up Legislation for App-Based Workers

Yesterday battle lines emerged around Pay Up, the proposed suite of legislation aimed at ensuring Seattle's growing number of app-based contract workers earn at...