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Plans and Policy

Comment on the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has an initiative to establish policies and goals for housing affordability and livability within the city. The Mayor's initiative is...

U-District Open Space Forum Wraps Up

The third and final public meeting on an update to the U-District neighborhood's park plan was held on Wednesday night. Like the first meeting...

Madison BRT: The Stakeholder Sessions

This past Wednesday and Thursday (November 19th & 20th) Seattle's Department of Transportation (SDOT) and their consultants from NelsonNygaard held a number of neighborhood...

Paving the Way for Bike Safety

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) expects to repave arterial streets every ten to twelve years, and each cycle presents an opportunity to comply...

Replacing the Tacoma Trestle

The Tacoma Trestle is a 0.65-mile long trestle in Tacoma that stretches east from Freighthouse Square (the Tacoma Dome Sounder station) to the BNSF mainline...

South Bellevue Final Design

On November 6th, Sound Transit held an open house for the final design of East Link's South Bellevue Station. East Link is a light...

ICYMI: New York City Implements ‘Vision Zero’

Last week, New York City's citywide standard speed limit dropped from 30 mph to 25 mph under a policy dubbed "Vision Zero". About 95%...

Ballard Urban Design Framework Meeting Tomorrow

Image: Preliminary schematic of a Market Street and 17th Avenue subway station (Sound Transit's Corridor D) in Central Ballard. Just a reminder that this Thursday (November...