Vision 2050 Has Passed. On to Visions 2024.
Puget Sound's long-term regional planning document has passed. Now the individual city planning begins.
On Friday, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) adopted Vision 2050,...
The Patchwork City: What Gaps and Overlaps in City Boundaries Tell Us about Values
I. Those Left Out: Skyway and Bryn Mawr
It is budget season. Throughout Washington, cities are creating budgets that reflect the dual impacts of pandemic...
Eight Cities Have Opted Out of County Measure to House Homeless
Bellevue, Renton, Issaquah, Maple Valley, North Bend, Covington, Snoqualmie, and Kent voted to opt out of King County's homelessness measure by proposing their own...
Seattle Seeks to Close Internet Access Gap
In September, the City of Seattle released the Internet for All Seattle Report. This report follows the City's July 27th resolution to establish the...
Mayor Durkan’s Budget Raids JumpStart Payroll Tax for $100 Million Pledge to Communities of...
Mayor Jenny Durkan launched her next skirmish with Seattle City Council today as she released a 2021 budget that skimmed revenue from the their...
Op-Ed: Why You Should Comment On Community Transit’s Transit Development Plan
If you ride Community Transit, please commit to comment on the Snohomish County-based agency's Transit Development Plan (TDP ). Hours of transit agency staff...
Seattle Must Reject Austerity in Response to Covid Recession Budget Holes
The Urbanist joined more than 40 community organizations in signing a letter urging Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Seattle City Council to reject austerity...
Cascadia Needs to Change Its Ways to Keep from Burning Up
A week of forest fires and skies choked with toxic smoke was a sobering reminder of the fragility of our environment.
An incredible amount of...