The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

After several recent fatalities, including the death of a city council deputy, local officials have launched a citywide pedestrian safety initiative.

An immigrant from Romania growing up in Brooklyn, Winnick spent his life helping to improve low-income urban neighborhoods.

Seven bombs exploded on Mumbai's commuter rail system, the lifeline of the world's fifth most populous metro area. These bombings are the lastest in a decade of terrorist attacks on mass transit around the world.

An open space preservation coalition led a visioning exercise for the future of Seattle, to "design Seattle's green network for the next century".

King County, Washington, executive Ron Sims participated in a roundtable discussion at the Brookings Institution last week to address challenges faced by counties with changing needs.

A Seattle Sierra Club member argues against new construction and for highway reclamation.

Demolition looms for historic home: In the era of the 1962 World's Fair, the dream of a "flexible house" became a reality for commercial architect Robert Allan Adams.

A University of Washington shows that the Puget Sound region is already feeling the impact of global warming and predicts dire consequences.

To work with the tree roots that can quickly crack concrete sidewalks, Seattle follows the lead of other cities that are testing rubber sidewalks made from recycled tires.

A new King County, WA study shows that residents in the most walkable neighborhoods are over twice as likely to be physically active than people who live in the least walkable neighborhoods.

In the Evergreen State, parks and schools are replacing natural grass with artificial turf.

Would a 20 mph speed limit for side streets help calm traffic in Seattle?

"Wasteless in Seattle" initiative aims to reduce the need for landfills and energy costs.

Newspaper's readers compile a list of landmarks that have vanished but not forgotten.

President Bush has acknowledged the link between human activities and global warming. Now it's time for action.

David C. Bloom argues that affordable housing needs cannot be met with increased density.

The new Seattle City Hall was designed to meet stringent energy-efficiency requirements. Why does the building use more energy than the older buildings it replaced?

Citing the proposed $11 billion price tag as a source of major concern, city officials are opposing the monorail plan.

Seattle's Green Line monorail is projected to cost over $11 billion to build.

Editorial urges West Coast states to "stick together" to address global warming and air quality issues.