Plans and Policy

Catch Up on Bellevue’s Park Development Spree and Incoming Parks

Alongside a flurry of commercial and to a lesser degree residential development, the City of Bellevue has been improving and expanding its park system...

Op-ed: How to Improve Compassion Seattle’s Charter Amendment

Author’s Note: I eventually changed my mind and moved from the ambivalent support you see below to firm opposition. Two reasons were paramount: CA29’s use of...

Amazon’s Warehouse Plans Have No Place in Mount Baker and Should Be Halted

Amazon is planning a distribution center at a coveted site in Mount Baker, Brian Miller of the Daily Journal of Commerce reported Tuesday. Despite...

New Bellevue and Woodinville Eastrail Segments Anticipated to Open in 2021

Underway in the Eastside is an effort to unify isolated railway-turned trails into a regionally unrivaled trail. Named Eastrail in 2019, the planned trail...
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Gaslighter: When A Climate Commitment Act Is Not Climate Action (Op-ed)

I love numbers. I was raised by my single mother, a public school teacher and math specialist to love numbers and data, something I still...

Shoreline Sends Parks Expansion to April 27th Ballot

In January, the Shoreline City Council voted to place a park improvement and park land acquisition bond measure on the April 27, 2021 special...

SDOT Proposes Route 20 to Improve Northgate Restructure and Boosts West Seattle Service with...

Last week, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) shared planned September service changes to the City's bus network once the new Seattle Transportation Benefit...

Mayor Durkan ‘Pivots’ from Road Pricing to Electrification Blueprint

In 2018, Mayor Jenny Durkan made a splash by embracing the idea of enacting downtown cordon tolling to reduce car congestion, pledging to realize...