Cities & Planning

People are looking to ditch screen time in exchange for a low-key drink and conversation

Our maps show current zoning information for properties and neighborhoods in Seattle.

A generalized version of the City of Seattle's land use zoning symbolized at the zoning group level with 28 categories.

Louisiana utility companies still want to charge customers for the costs of a new energy efficiency program and for the electricity no longer needed due to that program.

Carmel-by-the-Sea is known for its white-sand beaches, storybook buildings and famous former mayor, Clint Eastwood.

#Ryan Packer July 30, 2024 To prevent a 19-story apartment building long in the works, a group of Belltown residents are trying to stop code updates to Seattle's Living Building pilot program. The purported risk of bird deaths headline the group's laundry list of concerns.

#Shaun Kuo July 31, 2024 Three years after the opening of Northgate's Link light rail station, Simon Properties broke ground on the first residential development within their Northgate Mall property, which they have renamed "Northgate Station." The mall operator and developer's July 11th groundbreaking of 234 new homes took place as construction completions are peaking in the Seattle area. Since

#Ryan Packer July 30, 2024 Carrying nearly 20% of King County Metro boardings, the trolley fleet has been a workhorse of Seattle transit for 84 years. But oddly, trolleybuses have not been a focal point of Metro's plan to electrify its fleet.

#Ryan Packer July 31, 2024 Shoreline has seen significant growth in housing around its two light rail stations, but this week the Shoreline Council showed clear reluctance to allow increased density throughout the rest of the city.

Rising block tariffs and national energy guarantee systems are almost unknown in Europe – but are flourishing elsewhere

Solar, an energy source that gets cheaper and cheaper, is going to be huge

#Rubén Casas July 24, 2024 In 1873, Tacomans considered laying out their fledgling city according to a unique Frederick Law Olmsted plan. The city ultimately discarded most of the plan, walking away from a greener, more park-oriented Tacoma. Rubén Casas July 24, 2024

#Ryan Packer July 25, 2024 A "Safe Systems" motion from King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci would prompt county government to harness the power of every department to help reduce deadly and serious-injury traffic crashes. Ryan Packer July 25, 2024

Warehouses are magnets for truck pollution.

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Those who want to ditch their car might want to avoid North America

New research shows it is a nightmare for all of us, but especially for people with health issues and marginalised groups

The GHSL framework produces thematic information and evidence-based knowledge supporting the implementation of EU urban policy and the international frameworks.

This new wave of solar producers aren’t just getting cheap electricity, they’re also participating in the energy transition.

Hans Asplund was a Swedish architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Hans Asplund was married in his second marriage to Anne Asplund. He is buried at Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm.

How a public-private collaboration brought a key climate-change-fighting tool to market: an efficient 120-volt water heater that can be easily installed in homes.

Heat pumps are a more efficient way to heat homes. Startup Harvest Thermal says its tech can turn them into thermal batteries too.

A 2.2 acre strip mall property purchased by Kirkland in 2022 is seen as a big opportunity for the city to create community space and expand housing while serving as a catalysis in a neighborhood oozing potential.

The appliances of the future will protect us from power outages—and could share energy with our neighbors too—if bets on new battery tech pay off

Climate change. Economic collapse. AI takeover. Nuclear exchange. Class warfare. The risks are real. Things are getting worse and we all see the signs around us. Civilization is crumbling, yet nobody talks about it. How can you when only a small portion of the population is "collapse aware". Nobody wants

Years ago, some people would spend hours at Starbucks. Today, it’s a takeout counter. At many Starbucks locations, you’re lucky to find anyone sitting down.

Sound Transit's Sounder N Line between Everett and Seattle will see four round trips starting September 14, finally returning to pre-pandemic levels of service.

“Seeing infrastructural systems for what they are requires us to understand them as the product of massive collective investment and to reflect on the value of that.”

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