The vibes across downtown are, as they say, immaculate.
Weaponizing environmental concerns to prevent people from living in our urban environments isn’t new. It’s deployed by people with resources to restrict access to high opportunity areas. It’s nimbyism. In order to reach our housing goals, our land use processes must stop enabling this behavior.
I think a lot about the @jerusalem.bsky.social article from 2024 describing the schism in environmentalism between "crisis greens" and "cautious greens."
That struggle continues, and the consequences of rulings like this will be more sprawl, more pollution, and cities that are less affordable.
The Times simply cannot conceive of the idea that people across this city honestly and truly want more housing, more transit, and more community — and want it fast. They’re searching for a nefarious reason (builder $!) because the obvious one — urbanism is popular — is abhorrent to them.
Hope they heal quickly and fully. Right now the bike lane on 130th ends at Stone Way before it gets past Aurora (completed last year). SDOT is working on extending this safety project to the west, but construction isn't scheduled until 2028: www.seattle.gov/transportati...
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