Three Ways to Clean Up the Municipality Mess Around Seattle
Metropolitan King County has 31 separate jurisdictions orbiting Seattle. Let’s cut that down by a lot.
Puget Sound Gateway Project Reveals State’s Lack of Freight Vision
The State has a role in defining the market for freight and charting emissions reductions with a shift to rail.
When the Washington State Legislature...
Sound Transit Advances Long-Awaited Graham and Boeing Access Infill Station Plans
On Thursday, the Sound Transit System Expansion Committee approved a contract to start project development work on two Seattle infill stations. The long-awaited Graham...
Seattle’s Five Strangest Single-Use Zones
Seattle's massive number of zones hide a couple very weird outliers. Or they would be outliers, if there weren't so many.
Harrell Delays Comprehensive Plan Release Again, Likely to 2024
Urge the Harrell administration to move forward with a plan for housing abundance and affordability.
Despite an earlier pledge of an April release for the...
Campaign Cash Pours In for Centrist Seattle Candidates
Right-leaning political action committees have spent more than one million dollars to support their aligned Seattle candidates.
Control of the Seattle City Council is on...
Rising Star Candidates Beyond Seattle
Ally endorsements point to the best urbanist candidates around Puget Sound.
In city council races, The Urbanist Elections Committee only endorsed in Seattle and Bellevue...
A Tree Grows in Tacoma, But Will It Be There in 10 Years?
Tacoma has the least tree canopy in the Puget Sound Region. Residents experience this reality in higher average temperatures and poor air quality.
On a...