Seattle: At the speed of the Puget Sound
How is Seattle continuing to accommodate its population growth and sustain its economic growth while maintaining a good quality of life?
Local places turning plans into reality
In cities, towns and suburbs across the country, local leaders are responding to new economic challenges with innovative plans for their transportation networks, including taxing themselves to make their visions a reality. But they can’t do it alone and need strong federal and state partners to make it work.
Here you can read those stories — covering some of the places and projects — that illustrate how local communities across the country are casting a vision and often putting their own skin in the game first with local funding while hoping for a strong federal partner to make those plans a reality.
Check back often; we’ll be publishing more of these stories regularly.
How is Seattle continuing to accommodate its population growth and sustain its economic growth while maintaining a good quality of life?
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