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On Growth, Transit, and Bikes in Vancouver B.C.
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting Vancouver, B.C. again and have finally gotten around to writing about it. I managed to stay for a weekend instead of 30 hours and had a real excuse to go: … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Climate, Event Writeup, Government, Public Space, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged biking, bioregionalism, bus, cities, funding, government, highways, light rail, Planning, referendum, regionalism, resilience, resources, SCARP, sustainability, Symposium, transit, UBC, Vancouver, vote
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Seattle to Ask Voters for $900 Million in Transportation Funding
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
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Mayor Leads Scripted U-District Community Walk
On Saturday Seattle mayor Ed Murray continued his series of “Find It, Fix It” walks with residents of the University District. The event drew a large crowd and media presence, and wound through the neighborhood’s core with a police escort. … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Event Writeup, Government, Housing, Policy, Public Art, Public Space, Transportation
Tagged app, community, crime, criticism, crowd, Ed Murray, event, Find It, Fix It, homeless, light rail, mayor, media, open space, Partnership, police, SDOT, Seattle, square, tour, U-District, university district, walk
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Seattle Bike Activists Launch Major Infrastructure Campaign
Last Saturday a coalition of local non-profits kicked off a grassroots campaign to accelerate construction of 250 additional miles of key Seattle bicycle routes by 2025. The city already has 135 miles of bike infrastructure, and momentum is building to … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Event Writeup, Policy, Transportation
Tagged advocacy, Ballard, Bike Master Plan, bikes, campaign, Cascade Bicycle Club, City, Connect Seattle, connections, Council, department of transportation, DOT, downtown, grassroots, greenways, light rail, major, Montlake, movement, neighborhoods, network, Northgate, plans, politics, Portage Bay, projects, protected bike lanes, regional trails, safety, SDOT, Seattle, Seattle Bike Summit, West Seattle, Westlake
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U-District Open Space Forum Wraps Up
The third and final public meeting on an update to the U-District neighborhood’s park plan was held on Wednesday night. Like the first meeting (I missed the second), the event was well attended and organized. Here, city staff and their … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Land Use, Parks, Policy, Public Space, Transportation
Tagged 12th Avenue, 15th Avenue, 42nd Street, 43rd Street, Brooklyn Avenue, department of planning and development, DOT, DPD, farmer's market, festival street, framework, green streets, growth, light rail, MAKERS, meeting, neighborhood, open space, Open Space Forum, parks, participation, Partnership, plan, public, square, station, street, The Ave, transit, transportation, U-District, university of washington, upzone, urban design, zoning
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Seattle Area 2014 Election Results
The votes are still being counted, but the early results of the 2014 election indicate good news for urbanists and transit advocates in the Puget Sound area. Here is a brief rundown on the key measures and races as of … Continue reading
Posted in Buses, Government, Rail, Transportation
Tagged analysis, buses, district, Eastside, election, general, House, King County, legislature, light rail, metro, monorail, rail, results, Seattle, Senate, sound transit, state, transit, Washington
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Event Recap: U-District Open Space Forum
Some 100 University District residents and employees attended a new community forum on Tuesday night that seeks to revitalize the neighborhood’s vision for its existing and future public spaces. Seattle’s standards for open space are 1 acre/1,000 households and 1 … Continue reading
U-District to Discuss Neighborhood Open Space
The U-District Partnership will host a community forum on Tuesday, October 7th at 7pm at Alder Hall (1310 NE 40th Street) with the Seattle planning and parks departments to discuss public open space in the the University District, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Event Writeup, Land Use, Public Space
Tagged 42nd, 43rd, Brooklyn, Campus Parkway, community, forum, light rail, meeting, open space, park, parklet, plaza, public space, square, station, street, U-District, university district, university of washington, upzone, zoning
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A Planner’s Visit to Vancouver
After growing up and living the Pacific Northwest for many years I finally had an opportunity to visit Vancouver, British Columbia last weekend. Along with Seattle and Portland, it is an important hub of the Cascadia region and I was … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Housing, Land Use, Parks, Public Space, Sustainability, Transportation
Tagged Amtrak, Burnaby, bus, Canada, Cascadia, complete streets, Gastown, Granville Island, light rail, mixed-use, Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Simon Fraser University, Stanley Park, transit, trip, University of British Columbia, urban, urbanism, Vancouver
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The Northwest Urbanist 