Seattle Weekly

In Seattle, parking spaces are reserved for people who carpool into downtown. But in recent years, an increasing amount of those parking spaces are empty.

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has produced a spoof political ad to mock the preservation of the city's controversial Alaskan Way Viaduct, although he may run into ethics violations for using a City Hall production crew.

The controversial highway redevelopment isn't as massive as Boston's Big Dig, but it represents equally weighty issues for the future of the city.

New solar-powered pay kiosks are increasing city revenue at formerly metered or free spaces, and new plans are afoot to rollback after hours free parking, meaning nights and weekends could cost drivers.

Read about 20 experts' vision for a perfect art world in Seattle.

A former Seattle Mayor shells out close to $1 million for development rights over the Lusty Lady strip club, after the owners refuse to sell.

The administration espouses a 'Housing First' approach, yet cities lack the resources necessary for implementation.

Although more expensive, replacing a critical yet obsolete viaduct with a tunnel would leave the most room for development.

The monorail might not be complete by 2009, but an impressive light-rail line could be.

How did a Seattle non-profit raise $27 million and reinvent one of the most notorious public housing complexes in the city?

A look at the NewHolly HOPE VI public housing development, complete with successes and failures.

The latest cost estimate for Seattle's planned monorail could run as high as $14 billion -- $1 billion per mile.

A Washington Native American tribe confronts the state for building over the burial sites of its ancestors.

Would you pay $6 billion for a 13-stop system?

A developer's vision for terminal 46 is opposed by the Port of Seattle and the longshore workers.

The Seattle Weekly uncovers a quietly-growing backlash against the Seattle Monorail by the projects one-time supporters.

With a new rail plan, the Seattle region's public transit agency invents a new way to make transit developers engage the community.

Can Joni Earl turn around Sound Transit -- an agency that was once synonymous with "train wreck."

Historic preservation? It's just so yesterday.