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One Center City

Convention Center Delay Provides Time To Prioritize Transit

On Monday, the King County Council voted unanimously to sell the land that is home to Convention Place Station. Convention Place will make way...

One Center City Now Recommends Bare Minimum For Transit

In late January, the four organizations involved in the One Center City plan--King County Metro, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Sound Transit, and...
A snarl of car traffic on 4th Avenue with transit and people biking on the margins. (Photo by Scott Bonjukian)

WSCC Addition Transit Impacts Show Up In One Center City

Downtown transportation impacts loom large as policymakers grapple with the appropriate size of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition's public benefits package. One Center...

King County Set To Part With Convention Place Station for $161 Million

Last week King County announced a tentative deal to sell perhaps the largest remaining undeveloped property in Seattle's city center. The 4.1-acre Convention Place...

One Center City Forgets Vision Zero

Last week we outlined the different proposals to address the "congestion" crisis that our transportation agencies, in conjunction with the Downtown Seattle Association, are...
A snarl of car traffic on 4th Avenue with transit and people biking on the margins. (Photo by Scott Bonjukian)

Seattle Needs A Basic Bike Network Now

The Urbanist Editorial Board endorses the Basic Bike Network plan proposed by the Cascade Bicycle Club and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, and championed by Seattle...

One Center City Presents Options for Downtown Transit

Note: the article below separates transit proposals in the One Center City recommendations from the bike lane proposals. I am devoting an entire article next...