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Once again the 33 and the 198 expressways are the targets of various groups and politicians who would like to see them modified or downsized in some way.

Who Will Be the Mayor of Seattle's Reopening? Jenny Durkan won't be around to reap the rewards of keeping coronavirus at bay. But the next mayor will be. by Gregory Scruggs • May 28, 2021 at 2:20 pm Remember being in public spaces? Charles Mudede A few Saturdays ago, I strolled into the Lumen Field Event Center for my second jab. After taking my obligatory #BestShotSeattle selfie, I stumbled out into the blazing Saturday afternoon where Mariners fans walked down Occidental Ave en route to the ballpark. The baseball energy was infe...

Chicago-based Clayco has announced that the firm is expanding its operations and establishing a West Coast regional office in Culver City. As part of that expansion, the firm has hired Rob Jernigan and Emery Molnar to join Clayco as senior vice presidents.  Courtesy of Clayco A Clayco project in San Diego called Project Arcilla. The real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm has completed several billion dollars of work on projects along the West Coast, and still has a backlog of over $2B across Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona, a...

Reimagining the Urban Freeway With the new administration placing racial justice and equity at the forefront of transportation policy, will America finally reckon with the legacy of its freeways? February 11, 2021, 7am PST | Diana Ionescu | In a piece for Common Edge, William Fulton describes a scene that's all too common in many American cities: a dense, walkable downtown, brimming with diverse uses and businesses, sliced through by a massive freeway overpass. "In almost every urban location I have ever lived, a midcentury transportation scar stretches across the landscape and makes nav...

I-5 Study Shows Benefits of Capping Urban Freeways Putting a lid on the interstate through downtown Seattle could create new space for parks and housing, reduce pollution, and reconnect the disrupted street grid. February 8, 2021, 8am PST | Diana Ionescu | Scott Bonjukian Doug Trumm reports on Seattle's "quiet" release of the Lid I-5 Feasibility Study, which highlights the benefits of capping freeways in cities. The report, funded through a community benefits package from the Washington State Convention Center expansion project, was "designed to understand the technical and financial fea...