Monthly Archives: January 2017
Don’t Be Scared Of My Friends, Part I
Perhaps you know of the famous (but not famous enough) loophole in the Thirteenth Amendment. It states that no person in the U.S. can be...
Sound Transit’s Board Gets New Leadership Team
The Sound Transit Board of Directors have picked a new crop of leaders to guide the regional transit agency over the next two years. In...
Sand Point Way Safety Proposal Meeting Recap
Last night, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) hosted a meeting to describe potential safety improvements to Sand Point Way NE. The Urbanist has...
Get Ready For Participatory Budgeting
Last year, when the Mayor Ed Murray announced that Neighborhood District Councils (NDCs) would no longer be City-funded vessels for public outreach, one of...
2017 Transportation Bills Before The Washington State Legislature
The busy legislative session is underway down in Olympia. A mixed bag of transportation-related bills have been introduced to both houses of the Washington...
Local And State Leaders Resolutely Reject Trumpian Tyranny On Immigration
Donald Trump has increasingly exhibited tyrannical and despotic tendencies during his less-than-one-week control of the federal government. His opening salvo was presented in his...
Meet The Newly Minted Metro Connects Plan
The long-range plan for King County Metro Transit has been approved. On Monday, the Metropolitan King County Council adopted the 25-year plan, Metro Connects,...
Womxn’s March On Seattle Helped Transit Reach New Heights In Ridership
Saturday's Womxn's March on Seattle--with attendance estimated as high as 200,000--helped transit reach new heights in ridership. While it wasn't a regional record-setter like...