3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1193+ words) To keep moving forward on its street safety and Vision Zero goals, the City brought Tacoma Streets Initiative II to ballot boxes in a special election last April, aiming to replace the first levy, but voters ultimately rejected it in…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1132+ words) Rub'n Casas believes that the lack of connected, walkable neighborhoods may be helping to spur the "epidemic of loneliness." Speaking at a January 30 forum hosted by transit advocacy organization Tacoma On the Go, Casas, who is an associate professor at…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago  (606+ words) In Tacoma, we apply different standards to dealing with private property stored in the right-of-way: if you're homeless, you and what is yours are targeted for removal. If you're a motorist, we say "stay." As of September 2024, the City has…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (897+ words) Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at…...