Among the concessions Amy notes here including these significant raises, the proposed contract also includes authorization for civilian review of automated traffic camera citation, after the city pushed for a change in state law around this.

What's laying around unused and collecting dust in my city? You mean apart from adopted transportation plans?

Bellevue looking at a vacant lot next to their city hall and turning it into a dog park with fewer than five years of environmental review, stakeholder outreach and alternatives analysis? Seattle could never.

Some thoughts from me in The Urbanist today:

theurbanist.org/2024/04/29/spr…

West Seattle is directly accessible from land by bike once again.