Editorials / Opinion

I am not opposed to the development of high-density housing (apodments, micro-housing, etc.) in Seattle [“Seattle weighing new tax on builders for affordable housing,” Local News, Sept. 16]. My concern is about parking. I live in the Eastlake neighborhood, where street parking is quite difficult. My plea to the Seattle City Council: allow high-density…

Mayor McGinn should add not decrease parking Mayor Mike McGinn’s support of reducing street parking and reducing the requirement for new parking developments is making Seattle less livable. For a while I lived in a condo in Belltown and my range hood stopped working. No repair company recommended by the manufacturer would come to Belltown because of…

Get with the program Bikers use the “cycle track” on Linden Avenue North from North 130th Street. [Mike Siegel, The Seattle Times.] It is about time that our city officials got their heads out of the sand. I am referring to the fact that they want people to get out of their cars and use bicycles or public…

The event is a hassle The Lucas Oil Air Show planes fly near each other as they release trails of smoke during the final day of Seafair, Sunday, August 4, 2013. [Lindsey Wasson, The Seattle Times.] The drop in attendance at Seafair might be attributed to answering this simple query: Do the pleasures derived from attending the…

Ideas for city improvement A bicyclist cruises down Alaskan Way near Pike Street on the Seattle waterfront. [Ellen M. Banner, The Seattle Times.] Seattle mayoral candidates: Where is Seattle’s vision? Seattle could be improved in many ways. The present mayor’s vision for Seattle has been limited to improved bicycle features and seawall repair. The new candidates have said little…

Smartphone apps favor the wealthy Barry Arnold, chief commercial officer of PayByPhone, demonstrates how a driver could buy parking with an iPad or a cellphone. Beginning with downtown’s retail core, drivers are now able to use their phones to pay for on-street parking without needing to visit a pay station. [Steve Ringman, The Seattle Times.] When information…

Chinatown/International District should have free parking The parking meter near the entrance to the Sea Garden Restaurant shows the enforcement hours are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. [Greg Gilbert, The Seattle Times.] It is obvious that Seattle City Council members Tim Burgess and Tom Rasmussen have not been anywhere near the Chinatown/International District in a long…