Soda Tax Helps Map Seattle’s Healthy Food Environment
Soda Tax Helps Map Seattle’s Healthy Food Environment

One goal of Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax is to expand access to healthy and affordable food. To guide allocation of tax revenues to support this goal, the City asked researchers at Public Health – Seattle & King County and the University of Washington

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Zero Youth Detention: New resources Map The Path, Track Progress
Zero Youth Detention: New resources Map The Path, Track Progress

Two new resources support the goal of attaining Zero Youth Detention in King County:  (1) a comprehensive Road Map to Zero Youth Detention and (2) a dashboard for tracking progress.

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Seattle Lauded For Leading Edge Transportation Policies
Seattle Lauded For Leading Edge Transportation Policies

The first installment of The Atlantic’s new CityLab Insights series hails Seattle as “the most successful transit city in the country.” Leading with the news that Seattle became home to America’s 2nd largest fleet of dockless bicycles.

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