Midweek Roundup: clash over Aurora

News and commentary from the past week or so.

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• Despite Pushback, Updated RapidRide R Plans Include Scant Changes (The Urbanist); meanwhile, Metro Matters's headline is Executive Zahilay Moves to Accelerate Metro's RapidRide R Line.
• State Lawmaker, SDOT Director Clash Over Aurora Avenue Overhaul (The Urbanist).
• RapidRide I Line construction updates (Metro Matters).
• Metro receives national award for innovative paratransit map (Metro Matters).
• Get ready for major changes at Canyon Park Park & Ride in Bothell (CT News).
• Another option to pay for parking coming to Seattle with new text to pay" feature (SDOT Blog)
• Housing Accountability Act Puts Tiny Beaux Arts Village in the Spotlight (The Urbanist).
• Seattle Social Housing Developer Advances First Construction Project (The Urbanist); also in The Stranger, on KUOW, the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, and The Seattle Times ($; free via SPL).
• Addressing the Growth Management Hearings Board Decision and Creating a Livable Seattle for All (The Daily Plan It Blog).

• Op-Ed: Bremerton Should Fully Pedestrianize Quincy Square (The Urbanist).
• Greater Seattle: We're Number 1 (in Home Listings Jump)... and more (PubliCola)
• We should ride the bus (Real Change)
• Exploring Mexico City's Urban Gondolas (Lift Blog)

This is an Open Thread.