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Sound Transit Unveils Cost Savings Concepts for West Seattle and Ballard Light Rail

The agency is contemplating dropping three stations -- Avalon, Smith Cove, and South Lake Union -- in a $1.3 billion cost saving package. Sound Transit...

Industrial [Parks]: Seattle’s Green Edges

For most folks, their mental image of a city park is somewhat focused, and kinda Victorian. It’s an Olmsted designed rolling green of trees...
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Rainier Beach Strives for Growth without Displacement

A Host of Market-Rate and Affordable Projects Are in the Works Rainier Beach has long been one of Seattle’s most diverse and affordable neighborhoods. But...

A Closer Look into Seattle’s Public Developer for Social Housing Ballot Initiative

Earlier this week the House Our Neighbors! coalition filed a petition for a ballot initiative asking Seattle voters to weigh in on the creation...

Heroes and Zeroes of the 2022 Washington State Legislature

The Washington State Legislature adjourned on March 10th with some significant wins and some very concerning whiffs. Republicans stayed true to their do nothing...

$29 Million from Move Ahead WA Advances Key Eastrail Projects

The historic Move Ahead Washington package, a nearly $17 billion investment in transportation infrastructure over the next 16 years, included $29 million in projects...

Seattle’s Newest Inductees for the Hall of Fame (For Infuriating Maps)

Seattle has a history of infuriating maps. For its relatively young age as an official municipality, the place has produced amazing blood-boiling cartography. Some maps...

Bothell Preserves Main Street Pilot, Discarding Arguments About Hurting Transit

In June of 2020, the City of Bothell closed a one-block stretch of Main Street in its downtown to motor vehicles, opening the space...