• Does Rail Transit Induce Displacement? A Longitudinal Study of 24 US Metro Areas From 2000-2017 

  Clute, Eric

  After decades of decline, large US cities have begun reinvesting in urban neighborhoods including the construction of rail transit. Concerns over rail transit’s role in driving displacement has become hotly debated. Community ...

• Let the Street Dance Back into the Street: How a Danceable Public Realm May Support a More Inclusive Seattle 

  Yao, Xuting

  This thesis studies how an artist community based on a shared activity (street dance) approaches the urban environment and uses urban space in Seattle neighborhoods. Street dance is a vernacular dance in the urban context, ...

• Reclaiming the Right of Way: A New Infill Model for the Urban US A Seattle Case Study 

  London, Kristian

  Like many US cities, Seattle is facing a housing affordability crisis. Could its streets serve as an unrecognized publicly-controlled asset to combat this crisis while also disincentivizing private vehicles? Expanding on ...

• Seattle Vision Zero Street Improvements to Reduce Traffic Related Injuries and Deaths: What is the Economic Impact to Local Businesses? 

  Osterhage, Daniel R

  Vision Zero is a road safety project, originating in Sweden, with the goal of eliminating all road traffic fatalities and injuries through street design changes.(1)(2) While proven to lead to improved safety, city ...

• Prioritizing Areas for King County Metro Transit’s Feeder-to-Fixed Route Flexible Services: A Preliminary Approach for the Systematic Locational Prioritization of Future Services 

  Munkel, Daniel

  This work presents an approach for systematically prioritizing areas in King County, Washington for future feeder-to-fixed route (F2FR) flexible service. This approach is meant to inform service planning processes for King ...

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