Weekly Digest
The following are the latest 10 articles from The Urbanist articles for the week of 04/19/21. 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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Author: Charles Bond
Snippet: Last year, when Washington’s east-west passenger rail study came out, the results were mostly uninspiring for a full corridor initially, but one particular section on demand in the Kittitas and […]
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Author: Ryan Packer
Snippet: Last Wednesday, as the Washington State Senate’s transportation committee was preparing to vote to send its $17.8 billion transportation spending package to the full Senate, several amendments to the package […]
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Author: Stephen Fesler
Snippet: Los Angeles’ Skid Row was not an inevitability, it was a policy. Johnny Harris explains how this district of tragic poverty came to be.
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Author: Stephen Fesler
Snippet: Street Moves: Rubén Casas says that Sweden’s “Street Moves” program could provide a collaborative, community-driven model for Puget Sound in remaking streets. Parking minimums: How would a California bill impact […]
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Author: Doug Trumm
Snippet: News that Amazon was planning a large distribution center in Mount Baker caught fire last week, and many people were rightfully outraged. This important 13-acre site sits at the crossroads […]
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Author: Doug Trumm
Snippet: Getting urbanism right is a big reason Jessyn Farrell is running for Mayor of Seattle. “In an era where we’re reckoning with systemic racism and fifty years of growing income […]
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Author: Stephen Fesler
Snippet: The terrible legacy of colonialism and apartheid have left deep marks in South Africa that are still visible today. Vox explores the history of segregation in the country and how […]
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Author: Stephen Fesler
Snippet: Since the creation of the Sound Transit in 1996, taxpayers of the Snohomish County subarea have had the least realized transit benefit for the taxes paid. With the increase in […]
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Author: Doug Trumm
Snippet: But legislature’s “grand bargain” complicates the picture and may tie bills to highway expansion package. Sign our letter to oppose that. Last Thursday, the Washington Senate cleared two hurdles that […]
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Author: Doug Trumm
Snippet: “The City, both the Council and Mayor, are not seeing the opportunity that we have in the midst of a crisis,” Mayoral candidate Bruce Harrell said in a recent phone […]
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