Midweek Roundup: clash over Aurora

Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2026 6:00 am

Nathan Dickey (via Seattle Transit Blog)

News and commentary from the past week or so.

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News:

Despite Pushback, Updated RapidRide R Plans Include Scant Changes (The Urbanist); meanwhile, Metro Matters’s headline is “Executive Zahilay Moves to Accelerate Metro’s RapidRide R Line“.
State Lawmaker, SDOT Director Clash Over Aurora Avenue Overhaul (The Urbanist).
RapidRide I Line construction updates (Metro Matters).
Metro receives national award for innovative paratransit map (Metro Matters).
Get ready for major changes at Canyon Park Park & Ride in Bothell (CT News).
Another option to pay for parking coming to Seattle with new “text to pay” feature (SDOT Blog)
Housing Accountability Act Puts Tiny Beaux Arts Village in the Spotlight (The Urbanist).
Seattle Social Housing Developer Advances First Construction Project (The Urbanist); also in The Stranger, on KUOW, the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, and The Seattle Times ($; free via SPL).
Addressing the Growth Management Hearings Board Decision and Creating a Livable Seattle for All (The Daily Plan It Blog).

Commentary:

Op-Ed: Bremerton Should Fully Pedestrianize Quincy Square (The Urbanist).
Greater Seattle: We’re Number 1 (in Home Listings Jump)… and more (PubliCola)
We should ride the bus (Real Change)
Exploring Mexico City’s Urban Gondolas (Lift Blog)

This is an Open Thread.

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