Category Archives: Schools

Public Risks Being Left Behind as Downtown Seattle Land Runs Out

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Scott Bonjukian

“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” – Mark Twain As Seattle’s development boom continues without any sign of stopping, the city is rapidly approaching a point where Downtown is completely built out and there is no land left to … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing, Land Use, Policy, Public Space, Schools | Tagged acquisition, affordable, agencies, analysis, Belltown, calculation, Chinatown, civic, Commercial Core, community center, demand, denny triangle, downtown, fire station, governments, growth, historic, housing, infrastructure, International District, land, landmark, library, parks, Pioneer Square, plan, Planning, public, public space, residents, Seattle, supply, utility | 2 Comments

CascadiaCast Episode 6: Nathan Vass

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Scott Bonjukian

On this episode of CascadiaCast I had a lively chat with Nathan Vass, who splits his time between driving for King County Metro and his artistic pursuits in photography and video. He also frequently writes short stories about his experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, CascadiaCast, Demographics, Government, Housing, Land Use, Parks, Policy, Schools, Transportation, Walking | Tagged affordability, art, artists, blog, bus, changes, culture, driver, film, growth, homeless, King County, light rail, metro, Nathan, operator, painting, photography, Seattle, transit, travel, Vass, video, View from Nathan's Bus | Leave a comment

CascadiaCast Episode 5: Cathy Tuttle

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Scott Bonjukian

After a bit of a lull, CascadiaCast is back! (And with a hell of a lot better sound quality.) I had the exciting opportunity to talk with Cathy Tuttle, Executive Director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. We took a fascinating dive into … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, CascadiaCast, Demographics, Government, Housing, Land Use, Parks, Policy, Schools, Transportation, Walking | Tagged bicycle, bicycling, bike, Cascade, Cathy, Club, coalition, engineering, funding, greenways, infrastruture, investment, neighborhood, origins, pedestrian, safe, safety, Seattle, signage, signals, standards, streets, sustainability, traffic, Tuttle, urban, walk, walking | 1 Comment

CascadiaCast Episode 4: Patty Lent

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On this episode of CascadiaCast I chat with Patty Lent, Bremerton Mayor and former Kitsap County Commissioner. Bremerton is the largest city in Kitsap County and home to the strategic Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Lent shared that she strongly believes … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, CascadiaCast, Demographics, Government, Housing, Land Use, Parks, Policy, Schools, Transportation | Tagged candidate, City Council, district, district 4, Eastlake, funding, growth, interview, Michael Maddux, Olympia, parks, podcast, Seattle, state, transit, university district | Leave a comment

New Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Northeast Seattle

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff hosted an open house on Tuesday to present conceptual plans for improving bike routes in northeast Seattle between East Green Lake Way N and 20th Avenue NE. Most of the project will simply be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Cars, Schools, Transportation, Walking | Tagged 15th Avenue, 62nd Street, Boulevard, budget, Cascade Bicycle Club, Cowen Park, Cowen Place, department of transportation, features, Green Lake, improvements, intersections, Olmstead, Parks Department, PBL, project, protected bike lanes, Ravenna, Ravenna Park, redesign, safety, SDOT, Seattle, timeline, University Greenways | 5 Comments

CascadiaCast Episode 3: Michael Maddux

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

In this episode I sit down with Michael Maddux, a paralegal and Democratic Party leader running for Seattle City Council in District 4. Michael helped spearhead the formation of permanent parks and recreation funding through the voter-approved Seattle Parks District … Continue reading →

Seattle to Ask Voters for $900 Million in Transportation Funding

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

In November the City of Seattle will ask voters for a property tax levy to put money where their mouth is on the Move Seattle transportation vision (PDF). Approval would supplant the expiring $365 million Bridging the Gap funding with … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Parking, Rail, Roads, Schools, Sustainability, Transportation, Walking | Tagged 2015, arterials, bicycle master plan, bike parking, bus rapid transit, complete streets, cost, Ed Murray, election, freight, funding, levy, light rail, mayor, mobility, Move Seattle, neighborhoods, new stop, projects, property tax, repaving, road diets, SDOT, transit, vote, walking | 4 Comments

Civic Indicators Highlight Seattle’s Progress, Challenges

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Correction: The SSNAP report has been updated to correct statistics on where Seattle residents work. 38.2 percent of Seattle’s employed residents work outside of the city, not 62 percent. A new report by consulting firm Steinbrueck Urban Strategies, headed up … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Density, Energy, Event Writeup, Food, Housing, Land Use, Parks, Policy, Resources, Schools, Transportation, Water | Tagged access, analysis, budget, capital facilities, City Council, comprehensive plan, electricty, funding, Growth Management Act, historic preservation, infrastructure, neighborhood plan, neighborhoods, parks, performance, Peter, policy, report, ridership, Seattle, Seattle 2035, Seattle Sustainable Neighborhoods Asessement Project, SSNAP, Steinbrueck, strategy, sustainability, transit, urban village, waste, water | 5 Comments

The Metro Neighborhood: A Renewed Vision for Downtown Seattle

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Scott Bonjukian

The University of Washington (UW) is one of downtown Seattle’s largest landowners, but you wouldn’t know it just by being there. The university controls about eleven acres of prime real estate where the original campus was founded in 1861, known … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial, Housing, Land Use, Mixed Use, Parks, Public Space, Schools, Sustainability, Transportation | Tagged alleys, Cobb Building, Department of Urban Design and Planning, downtown, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, ideas, Metro Tract, Metropolitan, office, ownership, parks, plaza, proposal, public space, Rainier Square, Rainier Tower, real estate, redevelopment, residential, retail, Skinner Building, streets, Tract, UNICO, university of washington, uw, Wright Runstad | 6 Comments

Let’s Bury I-5: Redux

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Scott Bonjukian

Author’s Note: The latest and most detailed proposal is in a third post, “The Case for Lidding I-5 in Downtown Seattle”, dated December 4, 2015. Earlier this year I proposed capping Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle. The original idea was radical, … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Megaprojects, Parks, Public Space, Schools, Sustainability, Transportation | Tagged Bury I-5, cap, Capitol Hill, construction, convention center, Dallas, deck, downtown, engineering, First Hill, Freeway Park, I-5, Interstate 5, Klyde Warren Park, lid, Mercer Island, neighborhoods, Northwest Urbanist, park, proposal, redux, revision, school, Seattle, update, urban design, water | 27 Comments