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The Urbanist
about 6 hours
Op-Ed: Let’s Accelerate Stalled Progress on the Seattle Bike Network
Seattle’s pace of new protected bike lane openings is too slow. Cascade Bicycle Club is launching a campaign to urge the mayor and SDOT to jumpstart the pace of investment.
The Needling
about 14 hours
Polymarket, Kalshi Now Taking Bets on Fights in Ferry Lines
Just in time for World Cup tourists to make things more interesting this weekend, prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi announced they are now taking bets on fights in Washington ferry lines. “Oh my God, this guy that just cut off a Subaru in a rented Tesla is finished,” said one ferry line fight onlooker placing […]
The Urbanist
about 18 hours
King County Approves 0.1% Sales Tax Bump to Aid County Roads
Around $90 million per year in additional funding will bolster King County's roads division thanks to the 5-4 vote, with a small pass-through program providing a slice of the pie to local cities and towns. A provision capping Seattle's cut of that funding was ultimately defeated.
The Urbanist
about 24 hours
Amtrak Cascades Speeds Up Trips from Vancouver, BC with Preclearance
New U.S. customs prescreening protocols being carried out before Amtrak departures from Vancouver are allowing trains to skip an extra stop at the Canadian border, cutting trip times by at least 10 minutes. Larger time savings may be achievable soon.
The Urbanist
1 day
Op-Ed: To Save Mandatory Housing Affordability, We Have to Recalibrate It
Nonprofit housing leader Patience Malaba makes the case that a temporary, two-year recalibration of Seattle's Mandatory Housing Affordability program is critical to unfreeze the stalled-out housing pipeline, generate needed affordable housing revenue, and save MHA's very legitimacy.
The Urbanist
1 day
Sound Transit Says Reports of Ballard Link's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
A press briefing this week with CEO Dow Constantine clearly sought to assuage concerns that Sound Transit wouldn't be able to get all the way to Ballard. With a six- or seven-year "runway" to close a $9 to $11 billion gap, the pressure is clearly on to follow through on that commitment.
Daily Journal of Commerce
1 day
Japanese ceramics debut at SAM
The Seattle Art Museum will present “The Kondo Family: Storytellers in Clay,” a new exhibition tracing more than a century of artistic innovation by one of Japan’s most influential ceramic families.
Daily Journal of Commerce
1 day
Playing hip-hop or Doris Day, older exercise instructors can speak their peers’ language
Many older instructors can be role models, speaking their peers’ language in a way that makes exercise more fun.
Daily Journal of Commerce
1 day
Paramount screens silent classic
Buster Keaton’s silent film classic “The General” will be screened July 27 as part of the Paramount Theatre’s Silent Movie Mondays series.
Daily Journal of Commerce
1 day
UW selects private partner to bring student housing to Tacoma campus
University of Washington has selected Maslow’s Campus Communities, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, to be its private development partner for a $115 million student housing and dining project at the university’s Tacoma campus.
Daily Journal of Commerce
1 day
With Amazon support, Bridge pays $25M for 108 Snohomish County units
Near Lake Stickney in Snohomish County, at 12907 E. Gibson Road, the Latitude Apartments just sold for a bit over $25.3 million.
Daily Journal of Commerce
1 day
Seattle Center revamp sets course for 2027 ballot
The Seattle City Council on Tuesday advanced plans for a major infrastructure overhaul for the Seattle Center, targeting next year’s ballot.