Sky high: Even in Spokane renters are rent-burdened and the rents keep climbing.
LBGTQ senior housing: A Capitol Hill Housing project will deliver affordable apartments for LBGTQ seniors.
Transnational: Basel, Switzerland now operates the only streetcar system in the world traversing three countries.
404 Error: Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) vows to protect net neutrality in Washington. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality ($). Lawsuits against the repeal are pending by many states and Congress could vote to block it.
Parked: Hartford, Connecticut has thrown parking minimums entirely out leaving it to the market to decide.
Defending water supply: Two state legislators argue why the Hirst Decision protecting water supplies should stand ($) instead of being stomped on by legislative fiat.
Interborough crisis: In New York City, the L Train will need to temporarily shut down between Brooklyn and Manhattan for repairs ($) and that has created extensive public debate.
Concrete landfill or park: The Battery Street Tunnel could just be filled by concrete debris by the state transportation department after closure of the Viaduct; many locals hope that it will be a below-ground park.
Tolling talk: Express tolls on I-405 should rise to $10 to manage demand ($), according to a state report. Talks on tolling the future SR-99 tunnel ($) are also beginning.
Running water: In Tacoma, the city began providing homeless individuals running water resulting in a better quality of life for people and reducing pollution.
Con-artist: Elon Musk unmasked himself this week as the anti-transit, anti-urbanist elitist he is and then trashed transit guru Jarrett Walker on Twitter over a fair observation that Walker made.
End of an era: Scott Kubly, former director of Seattle’s transportation department, resigned on Friday ($).
Fort Lawton: Residents in Magnolia are trying to stop an affordable housing project at the decaying Fort Lawton.
Eco-trolling: On bike in Paris, Arnold Schwarzenegger trolled Trump for withdrawing from the Paris Accord on climate change.
Cap-and-trade: California’s cap-and-trade program could generate more than $8 billion in revenues annually by 2027.
Competing proposals: Two ultra-fast rail proposals are being floated between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. We know one (Hyperloop) is a fantasy, but are both?
