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Weekly Digest

The following are the latest 10 articles from The Urbanist articles for the week of 05/10/22. You can catch up on other recent articles directly on our online magazine or never miss a story by adding us to your RSS feeds.

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Lake Washington Boulevard to Open for Walking and Rolling on 10 Weekends

Author: Ryan Packer
Snippet: The weekend car-free open street will launch on Friday, May 20 by 7:00pm. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has announced that, for a third year in a row, Lake Washington Boulevard between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park will be opened to people who are walking, biking, or rolling and closed to motor vehicles […] 
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What If You Didn’t Have to Drive a Car?

Author: Rachael Ludwick (Guest Contributor)
Snippet: Even if you don’t drive a car, you know gas prices are high right now in the United States. Some states have already committed to gas tax “relief”, either through temporarily lowering state gas taxes or direct payments to vehicle owners. The federal government has released reserve oil to try to lower prices. Even though […] 
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SDOT Proposes Scootershare Safety Upgrades, but Will City Leaders Support the Program?

Author: Doug Trumm
Snippet: App-based electric scooter and bike sharing continues to survive in Seattle, albeit at significantly higher prices than during the bonanza of the launch of free-floating “micromobility” devices. Last month, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) released a report on the first year of the city’s pilot scootershare program. It indicated that injuries, the reason Seattle […] 
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Sunday Video: American Transit During The Pandemic

Author: Stephen Fesler
Snippet: CityNerd takes a look at how American transit systems lost ridership during the pandemic and the pros and cons of fare-free systems. Wenatchee’s Link Transit system makes the list. 
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The View From Nathan’s Bus: Do Not Hide From This Awful Sensation

Author: Nathan Vass
Snippet: I should’ve pulled in closer, I reflected from my E Line driver’s seat, as I surveyed the distance between the open front doors and the curb at 130th. An elderly woman was trying to lift her walker up to the lip of the bus’s step. Stiff in her movements, cautious, the tentative attitude your gestures […] 
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The Seattle Region Must Embrace Housing Abundance

Author: Nate Christiansen (Guest Contributor)
Snippet: With its temperate climate, Seattle is likely to be a popular destination for climate refugees fleeing areas made drier and hotter by climate change. However, the Seattle metropolitan area is failing today even to make space for those who are already here. Though Seattle and its neighbors style themselves as inclusive, welcoming places, they are […] 
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Weird Al Urbanism: Takeaways From The Oddball Frontier

Author: Ray Dubicki
Snippet: Urban issues are not unique to one city. Casting around for for successes to copy, we have to examine what it means to remix and adapt a concept to a new situation.  Really, there’s no better teacher for doing that right than “Weird” Al Yankovic. Since his time sending parody songs to the Dr. Demento […] 
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Midweek Video: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Explained

Author: Stephen Fesler
Snippet: City Beautiful dives into the topic of transit-oriented development (TOD) in North America. Dave Amos makes a special visit to Orenco Station, a New Urbanist community built in Greater Portland along a MAX line, to highlight what TOD can achieve. Amos also takes a broader look with examples elsewhere across the United States and why […] 
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Seattle Passes on Big Transportation Grant Opportunities for 2022

Author: Ryan Packer
Snippet: In mid-April, the U.S. Department of Transportation stopped accepting applications for one of its signature federal funding programs: the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program. Thanks to the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last year, the RAISE grant program is set to hand out $1.5 billion dollars for transportation projects across […] 
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Don’t Miss The Urbanist’s Tuesday Talk with Claudia Balducci, King County Council Chair

Author: Doug Trumm
Snippet: The Urbanist’s monthly meetup at 6:30pm on Tuesday, May 10th will feature King County Council Chair Claudia Balducci, who exemplifies urbanist vision and leadership in action. We’re excited for our talk Tuesday night to delve into the countywide policy initiatives on deck in the coming years, including affordable housing, missing middle zoning reform, and frequent transit expansion. Register […] 
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