11 Exciting Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend ( secretseattle.co )
Service disruption on Light Rail between Capitol Hill and SODO: Aug. 12-20 ( www.soundtransit.org )
Seattle’s new waterfront is taking shape ( waterfrontseattle.org )
Drove down this and it’s looking really great. The road bypasses the train now so you’re not stuck by the sculpture park....
Bite of Seattle attendees fed up with food ordering app from tech startup ( www.geekwire.com )
Seattle is getting its first protected intersection ( www.kuow.org )
Almost two years after closure, Seattle's City Hall Park reopens ( www.king5.com )
SEATTLE — A historic downtown Seattle park reopened to the public Tuesday almost two years after it was closed due to crime concerns....
Levy Proposal Would Add Only 10 Miles of New Protected Bike Lanes ( www.theurbanist.org )
Seattle police union approves new contract with retroactive raises ( www.seattletimes.com )
Rank-and-file Seattle police officers voted in favor of a new, partial three-year contract that, if approved by the Seattle City Council, will give them immediate retroactive raises totaling 23%....
Cost of EV lease for several models after new WA program ( www.notebookcheck.net )
Neat tool to see how walkable different parts of the city are ( close.city )
You can change the tool to filter based on different criteria. Discovered via this article: https://mynorthwest.com/3958094/colleen-obrien-seattles-new-walkability-maps/
Seattle Public Schools piloting AI software from new startup for students and teachers ( www.geekwire.com )
Amazon closing smaller Fresh grocery store in Seattle as it focuses on expanded format stores ( www.geekwire.com )
Officer acquitted in death of Manuel Ellis hired by neighboring sheriff’s office ( www.theguardian.com )
Seattle Police officer pulls over Metro driver, goes on power trip ( old.reddit.com )
Seattle Public Schools' latest budget proposal: Tapping into reserves, changing school start times ( www.kuow.org )
DOOM LOOP: Reboot ( lemmy.world )
Southbound I-5 backup stretches for miles after crash near Everett ( www.seattletimes.com )
A collision on Interstate 5 just north of Everett has caused a 6-mile backup for drivers traveling south, the Washington State Department of Transportation said Monday morning....
6 taken away in handcuffs during raucous Seattle City Council meeting ( www.kiro7.com )
SEATTLE — Six people were arrested during a Seattle City Council meeting after disrupting the session and refusing to leave, according to police....
Seattle Fire receives over $70k for critical thermal imaging cameras ( www.kiro7.com )
Seattle proposes tax on businesses with high earners for affordable housing fund ( komonews.com )
'It's definitely backfiring': Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is 'hurting' them ( www.king5.com )
Who could have foreseen that delivery drivers wouldn’t actually get paid $26.40 an hour?
I was joking about a free Uber service, but Bellevue’s gone and done it ( www.seattletimes.com )
In a recent column about riding the empty ghost trams of Seattle’s streetcar, I noted that the one in South Lake Union is costing taxpayers more than $20 per ride. I cracked: “It would have been cheaper for the city to pay for me to hire an Uber.”...
A Foregone Conclusion: Tanya Woo appointed to Seattle city council two months after losing election ( publicola.com )
In a vote that Councilmember Tammy Morales called a “foregone conclusion,” the city council appointed Tanya Woo to fill the vacant Position 8 council seat on Tuesday. Woo—a Chinatown-International District activist who recently led a successful campaign to stop the expansion of a Salvation Army shelter in SoDo—lost to...