| Excerpt: | Four promising ideas for catalyzing transit oriented development in the City of Bellevue enjoy broad and deep support among residents of Washington's fifth largest city, a survey conducted a few weeks ago for the Northwest Progressive Institute and the Bellevue Housing Research Coalition has found. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, October 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings, Smart Growth & Density, Transportation |
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Category Archives: Public Planning
Bellevue residents want more policies that encourage transit oriented development
Residents of Bellevue support changing city codes to provide more protection to renters
| Excerpt: | Average support for six ideas we asked about totaled 70.5%, or more than seven in ten Bellevue residents. Average opposition totaled a mere 22.5%. That's striking, especially considering that most Bellevue residents we surveyed are homeowners. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing, Research Poll Findings |
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Ideas to streamline permitting for housing in Bellevue have near unanimous support
| Excerpt: | The most popular of five ideas -- removing unnecessary approvals and make the permitting process more straightforward -- was endorsed by 85% of respondents, with the least popular idea -- lowering permit fees for affordable housing projects -- still got the support of 79% of respondents, or nearly eight in ten. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Friday, October 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing, Research Poll Findings |
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Bellevue residents enthusiastically back range of ideas for increasing housing attainability
| Excerpt: | These findings show that Bellevue residents are broadly in agreement on a number of ideas to tackle the city and region's housing crisis, from creating additional homeownership assistance programs to allowing the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) such as backyard cottages in every neighborhood to relaxing restrictions like building height limits for projects that preserve existing mature trees on the property rather than cutting them down. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Friday, September 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing, Research Poll Findings |
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New poll finds huge support for affordability-focused solutions to Bellevue’s housing crisis
| Excerpt: | NPI, Complete Streets Bellevue, the Sightline Institute, Eastside For All, and the Housing Development Consortium (HDC) teamed up in the summer of 2022 to ask Bellevue residents about their views on the housing market and housing policy. Read our initial findings from that groundbreaking survey. |
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| Published at: | 11:00 AM on Monday, September 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Affordable Housing, Research Poll Findings |
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There’s a better way to fight inflation, save jobs, and curb a recession: Create a Hamiltonian National Infrastructure Bank
| Excerpt: | This guest post from macro-economist Alphecca Muttardy discusses the need for legislation that could strengthen our economy and reduce our infrastructure deficit: H.R. 3339. |
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| Published at: | 3:19 PM on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alphecca Muttardy |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Critical Infrastructure |
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Democratic State House hopeful Pastor Carey Anderson shot while out campaigning
| Excerpt: | Pastor Carey Anderson, a Democratic candidate for State Representative in the 30th Legislative District, was shot at close range by a BB gun Thursday evening. |
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| Published at: | 3:38 PM on Saturday, July 16th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, WA-Leg |
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Canada Day revelation: Amtrak Cascades to resume service to B.C. in September
| Excerpt: | Regularly scheduled train service between British Columbia and the rest of the Pacific Northwest will be resuming in the fall, rather than in the winter, the Washington and Oregon Departments of Transportation announced today. |
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| Published at: | 7:19 PM on Friday, July 1st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Sound Transit Board unanimously hires Julie Timm as its new Chief Executive Officer
| Excerpt: | “I am profoundly grateful to join the Sound Transit team’s work to transform lives across the Puget Sound region for generations to come," Timm said in a prepared statement. |
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| Published at: | 5:28 PM on Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Patty Murray urges Republicans to stop blocking gun safety bills in the U.S. Senate
| Excerpt: | Washington State has shown what can be accomplished even in the face of strident opposition from the gun lobby, but Congress has not, because Senate Republicans have sadly blocked any and all progress to date. |
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| Published at: | 9:45 AM on Saturday, June 11th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership |
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Sound Transit announces that search team’s pick for new CEO is Julie Timm of Virginia
| Excerpt: | Timm is currently CEO of Greater Richmond Transit Company, where her more than four hundred employees operate successful regional bus routes serving the Richmond, Virginia area. |
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| Published at: | 6:17 PM on Friday, June 3rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Republicans lament slaughter of kids and teachers in Uvalde, but make it clear they’ll do nothing to stop it from happening again
| Excerpt: | Republicans cannot go against the NRA and the groups aligned with it, not even after the slaughter of schoolchildren and their teachers in a Republican-run state. |
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| Published at: | 12:32 PM on Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership |
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Fifteen slaughtered in Uvalde, Texas by gunman who targeted elementary school
| Excerpt: | The shooting is the country's deadliest so far this year, and horrifically similar to a shooting from almost ten years ago, in which a gunman attacked Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. |
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| Published at: | 4:16 PM on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, Secure Firearms Ownership |
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Amtrak will restore a second daily round trip between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.