Doug Trumm

Doug Trumm
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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.
Alex Pedersen poses in a suitcoat in a City Hall hallway
Read on for Pedersen's top ten worst votes. Councilmember Alex Pedersen announced on Tuesday he will not be seeking a second term on the Seattle...
Social housing is going to the ballot in February, and if you want to learn more about the initiative, The Urbanist has you covered....
King County Metro, Community Transit, Pierce Transit, Kitsap Transit, and Everett Transit suspended all service Friday due to incredibly slippery road conditions across the...
Two streetcars pass on Jackson Street with the downtown skyline in the background.
The Downtown Seattle Association and new SDOT head are seeking ways to jumpstart the shelved Center City Streetcar project, such as a Cultural Connector...
Redmond has a grand vision for the Overlake neighborhood, which is set to get light rail by 2025. Redmond land use policies have funneled...
On Friday afternoon, Councilmember Lisa Herbold announced that she is not seeking another term, saying that she hopes to increase the odds that a...
Rows of buses with the I-90 ramps and Seattle skyscrapers in the background.
Bus riders got bad news Tuesday as King County Metro announced it was pulling 126 buses out of service to correct a "loose" steering...
A streetcar vehicle rolls into a maintenance barn in Tacoma's facility.
The Hilltop extension of Tacoma's T Line streetcar will not be opening in the first quarter of 2023 as planned due to construction defects,...