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Plans and Policy

A Metro bus operating on a snowy Beacon Hill. (Owen Pickford)

Transit Agencies Waive Fares on New Years Eve

Transit systems in the Puget Sound region will once again offer fare-free New Years Eve rides. The exception in Pierce Transit, which is charging...

Street Cafés Becoming a Permanent Amenity in More Puget Sound Cities

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to remember, but prior to the onset of the Covid pandemic, street cafés, sometimes called streateries, were few and far...
Picture take from Kirkland facing downtown midrises and City Hall

Google Planned New Sustainable High-Rise Campus in Kirkland

Update: On January 20th, 2023, the City of Kirkland announced that Google will not be proceeding with the sale of the Lee Johnson site...

Inslee Rolls Out ‘Substantial and Audacious’ Housing Agenda in Budget Proposal

The issue of housing and services for people experiencing homelessness dominated during last week's rollout of Governor Jay Inslee's proposed biennial budget, which will...
Midrise commercial and residential in Lakeview including Ivar's and an office building

Kirkland Smaller Development Node Spotlight: A Jumble of Car-centric and Smart Density

Having covered developments in transforming Totem Lake as well as the Downtown and Rose Hill corridor, what remains to tally up in Kirkland are...

The Urbanist Podcast: Comprehensive Planning with Ron Davis

This week, let's talk about the future of Seattle with neighborhood activist and The Urbanist guest contributor Ron Davis, who joins Ray Dubicki to...

Unserious in Seattle 

The City's Comp Plan is seriously flawed from the start. Seattle knows how to get serious when we need to, whether that’s building trillion dollar...

Harrell Pledges Three “Low-Pollution Neighborhoods” by 2028

On Wednesday morning, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed an executive order impacting numerous departments across city government, all dealing with the issue of reducing...