YIMBY News for 9/2

[Eric Budd]

Community Engagement Isn’t Just a Democratic Ideal. It’s a Fiscal Imperative.

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 33.50. affordable, affordable housing, development, growth, homeowner, housing, income, project, rent, single-family, urban, zoning

(Photo courtesy New York City Civic Engagement Commission) As state and local governments prepare for an extended period of fiscal constraint, there may be a temptation to narrow decisionmaking processes. To move quickly in response to national policy changes, local leaders may compress timelines, limiting public input. It’s an understandable instinct, of course. But consolidating executive authority is misguided — and counterproductive. The same civic engagement infrastructure that helped governments allocate historic federal investments in recent years is also the key to navigating tough tra

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Three Ways State and Local Leaders Can Lower the Cost of Living

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.59. affordable, apartment, construction, cost of housing, house, housing, income, mobility, rent, supply, transportation, urban, zoning

Survey after survey shows that Americans are deeply concerned about the cost of living. After an extended period of inflation, they report feeling stressed about groceries, housing, health care and the potential for tariffs to increase their costs. If people cannot make ends meet, it is very hard to make choices that might lead to a better future for themselves and their families. While state and local leaders are grappling with increasingly strained budgets, they still have some powerful tools at their disposal to help address this affordability crisis. There is no silver bullet, but with pra

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SDOT Rules Out Key Denny Way Bus Lanes, Dooming Route 8

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.48. bus stop, complete street, mobility, project, rent, transportation, urban

The hopes of thousands of Route 8 riders were dashed last week when the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced that it has ruled out reallocating additional space on the most congested part of Denny Way for bus-only lanes. Extending priority for eastbound buses from Fairview Avenue to Ninth Avenue, the city says, would significantly increase delays for drivers on Denny Way. However, Seattle’s official mobility plans call for a significant increase in transit usage, something that will likely only happen with significant increases in the speed and reliability of transit trips. Th

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