Bellevue buys 12 acres, ending push to use the property for new homes "The $19.1 million purchase caps a long debate and stops an effort to build 35 houses on land next to the Coal Creek Natural Area." (Seattle Times)
Link Light Rail Smashes Ridership Record in October "Systemwide Link light rail ridership surpassed records three months in a row through August, September, and October 2024. Spurred by the new Lynnwood Link expansion, subsequent multi-agency bus route reconfigurations, and the usual hustle and bustle of fall festivities, Link continues to show extremely strong growth." (The Urbanist)
Bellevue real estate brokers bullish about Amazon’s new return-to-office policy as Microsoft moves out "In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more." (GeekWire)
Seattle Reveals Midrise Zoning Proposal for Phase 2 of Growth Plan "In broad strokes, the legislation would alter setbacks, height limits, and floor area ratio (FAR) limits, with some increased development for MR2 zones and wholly new standards for MR1 zones. " (The Urbanist)
SDOT Director Spotts Resigns "Greg Spotts came to Seattle after working for over a decade in transportation capital project leadership in Los Angeles. In his two years as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation, he vastly sped up capital project delivery as the 2015 Levy to Move Seattle reached its end, making systemic changes in the City’s path toward Vision Zero by creating a new Chief Safety Officer role within SDOT and establishing No Right on Red as the default setting for any new or modified traffic signal, and maintained a public-facing focus on project delivery, often visiting project crews on weekends to highlight the fundamental work the department does." (Seattle Transit Blog)
