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.
As we bid 2019 adieu and enter a new decade, it's hard not to get wistful and ponder the past decade in the rearview...
Happy holidays from The Urbanist. In honor of the holiday, here's an Urbanist wishlist set to 12 Days of Christmas. Let's build this future...
Seattle's remarkable run of transit ridership growth appears to finally have hit a speed bump. King County Metro's ridership grew at its slowest pace...
Update: Despite earlier denials, Lime announced December 24th that it was closing down its bikeshare in Seattle and pulling all its bikes by December...
Under Secretary Elaine Chao, the United States Department of Transportation has been known for slow-walking or canceling transit grants, putting transit projects across the...
What will it take to make congestion pricing a reality in Seattle?
Depending on whom you ask, road pricing is either just around the corner,...
King County Metro has been dabbling in on-demand shuttle services to entice riders to transit centers, but some of those pilot projects are floundering....
Sawant Introduces Winter Eviction Ban, Mayor Durkan Unveils $110 Million Housing Investment
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Mayor Jenny Durkan revealed the slate of affordable housing projects the City would be funding next year to the record-breaking tune of $110 million...