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Seattle Monorail On Shaky Financial Ground

A City Council report warns that the financial risks for building the project could affect the vote on the project.

26 October 2005 - 12:00pm

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Vancouver: Planning Trouble In Paradise?

Is Vancouver's housing bubble and density destroying what made the city so livable?

24 October 2005 - 11:00am

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Issaquah, WA, To Invest In A Streetcar

Community looking to streetcar to ease downtown gridlock, connect tourist attractions and encourage development.

7 September 2005 - 6:00am

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Seattle Wants Developers To Pay For Parks

Mayor proposes imposing impact fees that would be used to pay for Seattle parks.

4 August 2005 - 6:00am

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Megapolitan Thinking for the 21st Century

Innovative trans-boundary planning is going to be necessary to make enoromous regional urban developments work.

26 July 2005 - 10:00am

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Greater Funding Needed for Public Transit Security

The tragedy in London should make policymakers place more importance on public transit security funding, writes Neil Pearce.

19 July 2005 - 2:00pm

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Lack of Political Leadership on Urban Issues Harms U.S. Cities

Compared to the approach taken in other countries such as England, America's leaders have apparently chosen to not to care about -- or plan for -- livable cities, writes Neal Peirce.

1 July 2005 - 12:00pm

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Plan To Build Nation's Longest Monorail Released

The Seattle Monorail Project has released the final plan to build an elevated train for public review.

21 June 2005 - 2:00pm

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Seattle City Council Okays Streetcar

A controversial streetcar is approved for a Seattle neighborhood being rebuilt by Paul Allen.

16 June 2005 - 12:00pm

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Urban Agricultural Policy Needed

It's time to start steering farm subsidies to small-scale and more sustainable agricultural operations within the nation's metropolitan regions, argues Neal Pierce.

24 May 2005 - 11:00am

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Talks Underway To Turn Old Rail Line Into Trail

King County and the BNSF Railway in Seattle have begun negotiations to build 47-mile 'super-trail' over existing rail line.

18 May 2005 - 12:00pm

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Why Kids -- and Cities-- Need Nature

Neil Peirce looks at two recent books that show how to reconnect young people with the natural world.

9 May 2005 - 2:00pm

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Seattle's New 'Hotel-Condos' Trend

Spurred by Washington's Growth Management Act, a "luxury condos" trend is catching on in Seattle.

6 April 2005 - 6:00am

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Mercury Pollution May Be Linked To Autism

Researchers find possible link between autism and mercury pollution in air and water.

20 March 2005 - 5:00am

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King County Metro Mulls Ferry Service

King County Metro in King County, WA, is considering starting a passenger ferry.

15 March 2005 - 12:00pm

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Rapid Gentrification

Like many neighborhoods across the nation, Seattle's Central Area is changing rapidly.

19 January 2005 - 6:00am

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Changing Fortunes Of Skyscrapers

Are skyscrapers back in favor with the public again?

15 January 2005 - 9:00am

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Practical Regional Solutions To Address Global Warming

William Ruckelshaus and K.C. Golden argue that it is about time we started address the problem of global warming.

15 January 2005 - 7:00am

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Encouraging Downtown To Reach New Heights

Proposal would allow Seattle downtown buildings to be taller in an effort to increase density, attract jobs, and curb sprawl.

7 January 2005 - 2:00pm

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Oregon's Property-Rights Vote Could Derail Smart Growth

Neal Peirce shows how the innocuous language in Oregon's Measure 37 conceals the potential to turn the State into an "eruption of Burger Kings and Wal-Marts."

15 December 2004 - 8:00am

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