YIMBY News for 3/11

[Eric Budd]

Door Closes on Potential King County-wide Transit Measure in 2026

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.91. affordable, affordable housing, growth, house, housing, income, mobility, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

[image: Door Closes on Potential King County-wide Transit Measure in 2026] Local transit advocates were hopeful that this could be the year that the King County and the City of Seattle finally unite around a unified vision to sustain King County Metro and boost bus frequencies, but those immediate prospects now appear dim. For years, the King County Council has kept a direct source of new funding for Metro in its back pocket, as Seattle continues to provide extra dollars for bus trips within its borders. The Seattle Transit Measure expires next spring, making 2026 an opportune time to consider

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Designing Cities for Grief and Remembrance

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.13. comprehensive plan, construction, development, gentrification, housing, preservation, project, public space, rent, transportation, urban, walk, zoning

Lumpkin's Slave Jail site, also known as the Devil’s Half-Acre, in 2018. The slave-trading complex in Richmond, Virginia's Shockoe Bottom district held thousands of enslaved people from the 1840s to 1865. (Photo by Gregory Scruggs / Next City) When my mother transitioned in June 2020, there were three things that saved me: long aimless walks, nature and community. My grief needed somewhere to go. It needed environments capable of holding its weight — spaces where I could move, breathe and feel without performing wellness for others or pretending to be fine. Those walks did something talk thera

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Why Free Buses Aren’t Exactly Free

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 27.33. downtown, house, housing, income, rent, transportation, walk, zone

When I reached the legally appropriate age, I was eligible for a card that allowed me to ride on the Washington, D.C., area’s buses and subways for half price. I took it and continue to use it, but I’ve never thought this was a wise use of public money. I’m not rich, but I clearly had the resources to pay full fare on a subway train. The local and state governments that administer the Metro transit system were spending precious money to give a valuable benefit to someone who had no need for it. There are plenty of similar examples. If I were a blind billionaire I could claim another Metro disc

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