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Finding the Burke-Gilman Trail’s Missing Link
On Thursday night the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) hosted an open house on the alternatives for completing the unfinished part of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard. The 1.4 mile “missing link” is the only incomplete portion of the trail, … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Government, Industrial, Land Use, Public Participation, Rail, Roads, Transportation, Walking
Tagged alternatives, Ballard, Ballard Bridge, Ballard Chamber of Commerce, bicycles, bikes, Burke, Burke-Gilman, Cascade Bicycle Club, community, cost, department of transportation, eis, environmental impact statement, Environmental Science Associates, ESA, Gilman, hospital, improvements, injuries, intersections, lawsuit, meeting, missing link, pedestrians, process, safety, SDOT, Seattle, Seattle Bike Blog, Shishole, Shishole Avenue, study, timeline, trail
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The Case for Cities and Saving the World
The Urbanist, a new Seattle-based website, offers compelling reasons for channeling human activities and development into cities. I’d like to add to their argument: cities are how we’re going to save the world. As developing countries rapidly catch up with … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Government, Housing, Land Use, Resources, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged alternatives, cities, colonization, densification, density, elon musk, energy, environment, future, humanity, humankind, life, living, population, space, spacex, sprawl, suburbs, sustainability, world
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The Northwest Urbanist 