Levy Proposal Would Add Only 10 Miles of New Protected Bike Lanes ( www.theurbanist.org )
Seattle Floats Scaling Back Energy Code Changes to Cut Housing Costs ( www.theurbanist.org )
Cutting Trail Tunnel Only Saves 1% of SR 520 Budget ( www.theurbanist.org )
Seattle Voters On Board with Big Transportation Levy, New Polling Shows ( www.theurbanist.org )
The survey of 1,000 Seattle voters, conducted by EMC Research in December, polled respondents on a hypothetical renewal measure for Move Seattle, a nine-year $930 million levy which funds about 30% of SDOT’s budget and expires at the end of the year. Pollsters asked about a $1.2 billion version, essentially the same amount as...
Legislature Advances Proposal Allowing Cafes in More Neighborhoods ( www.theurbanist.org )
House Bill 2252, sponsored by Representative Mark Klicker (R-16, Walla Walla), would require every city and town in the state to permit the operation of a neighborhood cafe in a residential zone, regardless of whether the zone allows other business uses. Under a substitute version of the bill approved Friday, as long as business...
First Avenue Streetcar Cost Estimates Soar to $410 Million ( www.theurbanist.org )
Seattle’s Housing Construction Booms While Permitting Flashes Warning Signs ( www.theurbanist.org )
Puget Sound Leaders Not Ready to Hit the Brakes on Highway Expansion ( www.theurbanist.org )
Battle Lines Emerging for Open Seattle Council Seat ( www.theurbanist.org )
Op-Ed: The Seattle Police Department Has an Efficiency Problem ( www.theurbanist.org )
2024 is Poised to be Puget Sound’s Biggest Transit Year in Decades ( www.theurbanist.org )
Seattle’s $170 Million Wager to Reduce Light Rail Construction Impacts on Westlake Avenue ( www.theurbanist.org )
It's Seafair time again, and time for the classic Seattle debate. ( www.theurbanist.org )
Blue Angels: patriotic celebration of America that’s fun for the whole family, or noise-polluting, climate-change-worsening, outdated abomination of the petro-military-industrial complex?
