YIMBY News for 12/2

[Eric Budd]

Why It Takes So Damn Long to Build a RapidRide Line

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.14. bus rapid transit, bus route, construction, development, project, rent, transportation, urban

Why does it take longer to complete a set of bus upgrades than it took to put a human being on the moon? A report commissioned by the King County Council and released this fall spells out a long answer to that question, pointing the finger at long permitting timelines, errors in pre-construction survey work, and delays from property acquisition as factors that have been holding back new RapidRide ribbon cuttings in recent years. The report’s release comes at a time when the RapidRide program faces an uncertain future, with King County’s final 2026-2027 budget slashing the potential scope of th

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The Case for Growth

Vox - Politics

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.53. affordable, growth, house, housing, project, rent

For the past few years, American politics have been organized around a simple, unnerving feeling: Life is getting too expensive, and no one seems to know what to do about it. Rent and home prices feel out of reach. Child care feels like it costs as much as a second mortgage. Groceries, utilities, and health care have all climbed faster than people’s paychecks. Politicians have reached for familiar tools — blaming corporate “greedflation,” flirting with price controls and tariffs, promising to “take on” whoever is convenient in an election year — but none of that gets to the deeper question: Ho

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