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.
This summer, Seattleites could be playing pickleball and giant chess in downtown streets rather than dodging oncoming traffic and hustling past boarded up storefronts....
Kenmore City Councilmember David Baker offered a sharp criticism of the City of Seattle's slow and halting process to rezone the area around 130th...
On Tuesday April 11th, Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis is our guest for The Urbanist monthly speaker series. Lewis won election in District 7...
Many urbanists had high hopes that Senate Bill 5466 guaranteeing denser transit-oriented development (TOD) near rapid transit would sail through the State Legislature after...
Denser housing would help too, as survey finds apartment dwellers more likely to ride transit or walk.
Commute Seattle's annual survey is a unique snapshot...
Hamstrung by rising building costs, Seattle's seven-year levy would fund 3,000 affordable homes.
The Seattle Housing Levy is due for renewal this year, and Mayor...
Transit is at a crossroads. The pandemic upended a period of growing ridership and service that saw Seattle lead the nation in both the...
We’re launching our Spring Subscriber Drive at a momentous time. We just had a monster week covering some pivotal Sound Transit happenings, providing deep...