Monthly Archives: May 2023
Sounder South Could Get Service Boost and More Tracks Near Tacoma
Sound Transit is taking a beat to rethink Sounder South capital expansion investments and plan targeted investments that could benefit existing Sounder and Amtrak...
Sunday Video: Rethinking How To Measure Cities
The Urbanist does a lot of work with the data of cities. From tunnel budgets to climate impacts to new developments, there's numbers all...
The Urbanist Podcast: How to Crush a Housing Project the Seattle...
In this episode, civil engineer and Urbanist contributing writer Donna Breske discusses her experience with the frustrating hurdles posed by the permitting process in Seattle with...
Legislators Continue Failed War on Drugs Approach in Blake Fix Bill
This week, state legislators were in special session pursuing the urgent business of continuing the war on drugs. Lawmakers were unable to reach a...
Op-Ed: Seattle’s Water Main Upgrade Policy is Causing Higher Costs and...
A City stakeholder meeting on May 25 holds the prospect of improving processes around water system upgrades and permitting.
The Urbanist has covered before how...
Las Vegas is Seattle’s True Twin City
The counterintuitive, inadvisable, and absolutely inevitable collision between rain and desert.
Once it was announced that Seattle would be awarded the NHL’s 32nd hockey team,...
Ry Armstrong’s D3 Seattle Council Bid Stresses Shelter, Safety, and Sustainability
As a queer non-binary Broadway actor running as a radical Democratic socialist urbanist, Ry Armstong is mounting one of the more unique bids for...
The Urbanist Media Empire: Julie Timm Meetup Interview
Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm was our guest for The Urbanist's monthly talk series in May. Timm took the reins in September after coming...