Curtailing Small-Lots, and Ride Share. What’s Next? Who Knows?
On Monday the Seattle City Council took steps to limit the operations of ride sharing companies in Seattle. The public’s reaction has generally been one of confusion and outright derision: why would the Council curtail an innovative idea for helping people get from point A to point B without having to use their own car? […]
Keep Microhousing Prices Low and Fix Design Review
We’ve been engaging the Council and opponents of microhousing for almost a year now and there is still strong support for microhousing as an important choice for people looking for a place to live in Seattle. But the efforts of opponents to scuttle microhousing continue and some on the City Council feel like they need […]
Kevin Lynch Interview: “Everything gets changed.”
I was doing a search that I sometimes do on Google, “Kevin Lynch video,” and the internet responded, for the first time, with a hit. The planner, writer, and thinker about cities is a hero of mine. I’ve written about him often and his influence on me and on the planning profession and practice in […]
