YIMBY News for 3/30

[Eric Budd]

Huge Crowds Turn Out To Finally Ride Light Rail Across Lake Washington

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.95. affordable, downtown, growth, multimodal, project, rent, transportation, urban

[image: Huge Crowds Turn Out To Finally Ride Light Rail Across Lake Washington] Picture in your mind, how many people would turn out to celebrate the opening of a light rail line in Seattle. Then double it. That gets closer to the crowd that turned out Saturday to get a chance to ride one of the first trains across the I-90 floating bridge, as Sound Transit finally launched service on the full 2 Line between Redmond and Lynnwood. At Seattle's Judkins Park station, the epicenter of this weekend's festivities, the line to board a train snaked all the way from the station entrance at 23rd Avenue,

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How ICE has changed American life

Vox - Politics

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.02. construction, downtown, house, parking, rent, walk

[image: An illustrated scene of neighbors gathered, some linking arms, to witness an ICE agent who is walking around their neighborhood] When candidate Donald Trump promised mass deportations on the 2024 campaign trail, it was hard to imagine exactly what that might turn into. Though he boasted about implementing the “largest domestic deportation operation” in history, you could be forgiven for believing he meant something more limited — a “sequential” approach (as JD Vance suggested), starting with recent arrivals, “violent criminals,” and suspected gang members. That, at least, seemed to be

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Is it wrong to send your kid to private school?

Vox - Policy

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.33. development, housing, income, project, rent, segregation, single family

[image: Illustration of children boarding a school bus] *Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form. Here’s this week’s question from a reader, condensed and edited for clarity:* *I’m trying to decide whether to keep my elementary school-age kid in the neighborhood public school or move him to a more exclusive private school. Our pub

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