Doug Trumm
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
The Ballard Historical Society has completed their crowd sourced, street inventory of Ballard buildings built before 1965. The survey area extends from 8th Ave NW to the...
A (Road) Diet That Really Works: Early data shows that Rainier Avenue (the city's most deadly street) has seen 15 percent fewer collisions, 31...
The Seattle police are in the news again. This time for a lavish new $160 million North Precinct building that The Seattle Times' Brier...
Wallingford is an idyllic neighborhood, but it's dealing with issues typical to much of Seattle: transportation woes, skyrocketing housing costs and an elevated risk...
The Wallingford Community Council had its annual meeting Wednesday night and elected a new slate of board members, and, to make a long story...
Just a few months ago, Sound Transit released its Draft Plan for the Sound Transit 3 expansion plan. Seattle transit advocates quickly hailed the proposal...
This past Thursday, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a plan to build 2,200 affordable housing units near light rail stations in the next...
Some of us at The Urbanist have discussed highlighting the role of education and improving Seattle public schools as a central plank of Seattle...