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Category: Public Planning

A new South Park Bridge: The neighborhood made it happen

June 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning

This bridge is the last thing of this kind we will do for a while unless the Legislature gets off its butt. — King County

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Golden Gate Bridge board OKs $76 million for suicide barrier

June 28th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning

Golden Gate Bridge board OKs $76 million for suicide barrier After decades of debate, the board of directors responsible for managing the Golden Gate Bridge

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State Patrol arrests two women on suspicion of breaking into governor’s office

June 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning

State Patrol arrests two women on suspicion of breaking into governor’s office Troopers with the Washington State Patrol have arrested two women who allegedly broke

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The sharing economy and the mystery of the mystery of inequality

June 23rd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Economic Security, Public Planning

The sharing economy and the mystery of the mystery of inequality The rise of “ridesharing” companies like Uber and Lyft was made possible by their

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Two Las Vegas police offers killed by suicidal maniacs with guns

June 8th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Public Planning

Two Las Vegas police offers killed by suicidal maniacs with guns The slaughter goes on… and on… and on… and on. Every week, gun violence

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Oso neighborhood never should have been built

June 8th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Our Environment, Public Planning

Oso neighborhood never should have been built The Seattle Times has an in-depth article today about the neighborhood that was destroyed in the Oso mudslide

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Shoddy construction on already-built portion could doom the rest of Keystone XL

May 30th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Our Environment, Public Planning

Shoddy construction on already-built portion could doom the rest of Keystone XL Businessweek reports that shoddy construction could doom the unbuilt portion of the Keystone

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Father of slain UCSB student bravely takes on the NRA, again

May 27th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Public Planning

I’m angry with the leadership of the NRA who always want to characterize this as if it’s a lone madman. That it’s an act of

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Isla Vista shooting victim’s father: “When will this insanity stop?”

May 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Public Planning

Why did Chris die? Chris died because of craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA… They talk about gun rights. What about Chris’ right to live?

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Seven dead in drive-by shootings near U.C. Santa Barbara in newest preventable tragedy

May 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Public Planning

Seven dead in drive-by shootings near U.C. Santa Barbara in newest preventable tragedy A spate of shootings in Isla Vista, in southern California, have left

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Bad oil boom: *Another* crude train explodes in a small town while regulators chug along

May 1st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Our Environment, Public Planning

Bad oil boom: *Another* crude train explodes in a small town while regulators chug along Businessweek’s Matthew Phillips discusses the spate of oil train explosions

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Representative Joe Fitzgibbon laments the apparent defeat of King County Proposition 1

April 22nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Public Planning

Not my favorite Earth Day present. Life becomes harder for those who can’t afford a car. Much more work to do if we will ever

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The NHTSA’s brutal new anti-distracted driving ad will shock you

April 8th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning

The NHTSA’s brutal new anti-distracted driving ad (“Manifesto”) was created for maximum shock value, and features a carload of young people. (Video courtesy of the

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ShakeMap of 5.1 magnitude earthquake that rattled L.A. this evening

March 28th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, Public Planning
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Two firefighters killed in Back Bay blaze

March 26th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning

Two firefighters killed in Back Bay blaze The City of Boston has lost two brave firefighters who became trapped while battling an extremely dangerous nine-alarm

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Risk of massive slide ‘unforeseen’? Warnings go back decades

March 25th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Our Environment, Public Planning

Risk of massive slide ‘unforeseen’? Warnings go back decades The Seattle Times connects with geologists who have long been concerned with the a catastrophic failure

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Thanks, California! Golden State sends firefighters to help with mudslide response

March 25th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning

Thanks, California! Golden State sends firefighters to help with mudslide response Eighteen firefighters from California left for the Pacific Northwest last night to help respond

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Washington’s state geologist: “This is one of the biggest landslides I’ve seen”

March 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning

This is one of the biggest landslides I’ve seen… There is still some movement on the landslide, and so that is something that we’re trying

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Aerial view of the Stillaguamish River and SR 530 after the March 22nd, 2014 landslide

March 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning
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Search for Flight MH370 tests limits of satellites

March 20th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning

Imagine driving down the street at seventy miles an hour with a pair of binoculars and trying to look at every single mailbox… You can’t

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Aviation security analyst: Get rid of the on/off switch for aircraft transponders

March 17th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning

In the movies, radar screens show incredible detail about everything. In real life, radar is easily confused, doesn’t see small planes, and may have trouble

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