Articles from The Urbanist for the week of 02/15/2021

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Week of 02/15/21

Happy Monday! Here are the latest articles from The Urbanist:

ST 2040: A Shovel-Ready Vision for Seattle and Sound Transit
The climate crisis is an accelerating problem–while President Joe Biden has re-entered the United States in the Paris Climate Accords, temperatures are still rising, and disasters are worsening in both frequency and impact. Much of the Pacific coast spent […]

What We’re Reading: Anti-Discrimination Policy, Legalizing Co-Living, and Sued for Accessibility
Anti-discrimination policy: The Biden administration’s housing department is barring anti-LGBTQ discrimination practices in the housing market. Good, not great: Streetsblog says House Congressional support for transit is good but not […]

Sunday Video: How Highways Make Traffic Worse
Vox examines how building more highways just leads to more congestion rather than solving any particular transportation problem.

Meetup Video: February 2021 with Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda
This month, Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda was the guest speaker at The Urbanist’s meetup. You can rewatch her discussion here.

Preparing Washington for Nevada-Style Company Towns
Here’s the plan. We’re starting a wireless biometric crypto-AI blockchain company. Instead of a traditional headquarters, we’re going to buy up 50,000 acres of the desert and start our own […]

Sound Transit Plans Paid Parking Program as it Builds Another 8,000 Stalls
Despite the pandemic-induced decline in parking demand at regional transit facilities, Sound Transit is still expanding parking and developing new tools to manage it. In a briefing last week, agency […]

Edmonds Is Planning SR-99 Corridor Safety Improvements, Some Benefiting Pedestrians and Bikes
The City of Edmonds introduced Stage Two of their Highway 99 Gateway and Revitalization project on Tuesday, which will begin construction improvements described in the Stage One planning project. This […]

Midweek Video: The Case for Federal Transit Operations Support
It this short video, TransitCenter highlights the inequity of America’s public transportation systems both in term of social and environmental justice. TransitCenter argues that the federal government should permanently fund […]

Snohomish County Explores Higher Lot Coverage Allowances in Medium Density Zones for Housing
Land use reform in Snohomish County could bring increased lot coverage to multifamily and commercial zones in unincorporated urban growth areas. Increasing the development standards in those zones would enable […]

SDOT’s New Curbspace Access and Parking Proposal for Uptown
With the arrival of the revamped and expanded KeyArena as Climate Pledge Arena later this year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has proposed curbspace management changes that could affect […]

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