Midweek Roundup: ‘condos’

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News and commentary from the past week or so.

• King County Council Committee Reviews Plan to Replace Route 7 With RapidRide (South Seattle Emerald).
• Council Supermajority Passes New Licensing Law That Will Gradually Ban RVs in Seattle (PubliCola).
• Council unanimously approves bill outlining safety role of Traffic Engineer, tasks departments with drafting rules to require truck side guards for city contractors (Seattle Bike Blog).
• Safer connections to Rainier Beach schools now open along S Henderson St (SDOT Blog).
• Coming soon near Ballard Locks: $600K waterfront condos' for hypercars and superyachts (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL).
• Most Puget Sound Cities Aren't Keeping Up With Housing Growth Targets (The Urbanist). Here's an alternate title: Seattle Can't Carry The Entire Region's Housing Slack.
• Downtown Highrise Project Still Under Fire as Design Gets Revised Taller (The Urbanist).
• Wilson Pledges Striking Progress' With Homelessness Shift (The Urbanist); additional coverage in PubliCola.

• The Roundup: Bringing Your Voices On Board for Our Bus Coverage (South Seattle Emerald). SSE author Mike Davis is against turning Route 7 into the planned RapidRide R.
• FYI Guy: Seattle ranks third among U.S. cities for kitchenless rentals (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL).
• Greater Seattle: Wilson's Sweeps and Nelson's Disappearing $30,000 (PubliCola)
• Pike Place Market Halloween (Seattle Now & Then)

This is an Open Thread.