# Among the dozens of amendments to Seattle's growth plan approved this week were reductions in the size of proposed growth centers and new tree retention requirements that could stifle homebuilding. Council rejected moves to make the plan bolder across a number of areas, fretting over the risk of legal appeals.

# Seattle’s long saga of passing its state-required, once-per-decade major update to its Comprehensive Plan is nearing its end. But first, one more public hearing will be held this Friday for residents to air their grievances or do their cheerleading. Here's our guide to the 106 amendments under consideration.

# Despite being a longtime parking reform leader, Seattle is set to require off-street parking, even as it unlocks significant housing capacity near transit. This will make housing harder to build.

By Josh Feit Urban Seattle is an offset for the rest of King County. People who choose suburban lifestyles may…

The average city center in the U.S. is 20% surface parking, according to the nonprofit Parking Reform Network.

Parking reforms in Seattle led developers to provide significantly less parking supply, leaving more space for the city to build housing and other needs.

Last summer, we started organizing block parties. We applied for a permit from the city, and blocked off either end of our street to through traffic, setting up folding tables and chairs on the str…

Most real estate developers paid fees to satisfy Seattle's affordable housing requirements last year. The city collected $68 million from the 224 projects subject to the city's Mandatory Housing Affordability program.

Rates in most areas are increasing by $0.50 or $1. But prices remain below pre-pandemic levels.

By Paul Kiefer Six months after the Seattle City Council voted to move the city’s parking enforcement officers from the…

By Paul Kiefer Six months after the Seattle City Council voted to move the city’s parking enforcement officers from the…

Parking is a huge billion-dollar capital outlay in Sound Transit’s capital expansion program. Delaying construction of parking as part of new transit projects could salvage much of the progra…

Seattle is in a housing crisis, not a land crisis. We have plenty of land in this city. So much land we have the luxury of having more than 165,000 homes dedicated as single structures on a large l…

The Stride bus rapid transit line slinking its ways from Shoreline to Bothell along NE 145th St and SR-522 has gotten its latest design update. Dubbed the S3 Line in Sound Transit’s naming sy…

Based on costs of providing parking in Seattle, the authors estimate the reduction in parking capacity saved some $537 million.

Excessive parking rules put cars before people—hiking home prices and pollution.

A case study in boring, no-name reports meaning a whole lot for a city’s smart growth plans.

(WSB photo: 44th/Oregon lot) For years, we've been reporting on the West Seattle Junction Association's struggle to keep the

After a long delay to start the program, the City of Seattle announced an even longer extension for restaurants and businesses to continue using public spaces for outdoor dining and retail. Seattle…

Legislation hoped to help reduce housing costs in Seattle by allowing so-called “shared parking,” giving developers fewer reasons to create large parking structures, and opening more bu…

On Monday, the Seattle City Council met to adopt a landmark citywide parking reform ordinance, which had been in the making for nearly two years. The ordinance builds upon reforms the city council …

The legislation aims for more flexibility around parking—including the flexibility to not build any at all in some cases

We will temporarily suspend enforcement of paid and time-limited street parking to support residents sheltering at home and essential workers

King County Metro has become a national hero of good transit. On Tuesday, it could take the next step: letting riders pay for parking if they want to.

The Seattle Department of Transportation announced changes to parking rates last week based on its annual study of paid spaces across the city.