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Plans and Policy

Seattle’s Resilience Roadmap Lacks a Cohesive Vision for the Future

I first learned about the release of the Seattle - Future City: Resilience Roadmap from an article published by Smart Cities Dive. Previous to...

Puget Sound Regional Growth Draft Plan Centered Around Transit

The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) has put out a draft proposal for VISION 2050, the multi-county policy document to guide regional growth through...

Seattle’s Comp Plan Shuffle: Some Amendments Move Forward, Others Peter Out

On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution identifying possible Comprehensive Plan amendments to be further processed in advance of a final ordinance...
Youth climate activists rally in front of Seattle City Hall. (Photo by author)

Climate Leaders Are Hammering Out the Details of Seattle’s Green New Deal

"We're on the right side of history, the Green New Deal," sang the Seattle Raging Grannies during public comment at the beginning of yesterday's...

WSDOT Is Developing an Active Transportation Plan and Seeking Input

The Active Transportation Plan survey is available online through June 30th, 2019. About 38% of Washington residents walk or bike at some point for transportation,...

PSRC Charting Path to Accommodate 1.8 Million More Residents in Central Puget Sound by...

Over the next 30 years, the Central Puget Sound Region is slated to grow by more than 1.8 million residents and 1.2 million jobs....

Has Oregon Ushered in Era of Rent Control with New Law?

Most economists dismiss rent control as a "quick fix" but tenant advocates say immediate relief doesn't sound so bad. As the first US state to...

The Promise and Potential Pitfalls of Google’s Smart City in Toronto

Sidewalk Labs is Google’s (ahem, Alphabet’s) secretive department focused on developing ‘smart cities.’ In 2017, the company was awarded an opportunity to reimagine the...