Seattle Planning Commission Seeking New Members

If you're a wonk about all things planning, then the City of Seattle may have just the opportunity for you. The Seattle Planning Commission...

Stories from Metro Route 7: King Donuts and Stop 8080

Metro stops 8080 and 8070 surround the northern and southern ends, respectively, of a lakeside bend of Rainier Avenue South. In the bend’s lee,...

2018: Seattle’s Year of the Grassroots Pro-Housing Activists

Randy Shaw, whose new book 'Generation Priced Out' is getting notable press, claimed that 2018 was: "The year of the YIMBY (Yes in My...

Sunday Video: Are Cities Like Organisms?

https://youtu.be/b-oL5Tw9M7A Cities are often compared to living organisms in how they function. Dave Amos of City Beautiful asks if this comparison and others are really...
Rows of buses with the I-90 ramps and Seattle skyscrapers in the background.

Metro Will Continue Fare-Free Transit through September, but Budget Reckoning Looms

King County Metro riders will continue to enjoy fare-free rides through September. The agency continues to plan changes to buses that would allow fare...

The Man Game And How To Beat It

For the sake of illustration, this is a monologue I wrote years ago. It was included as part of a piece in my 2013 solo...

You Need it Too

  "How you doin'?" I ask her at Campus Parkway inbound. It's nearing midday, sunny, on a half-full 70. "Swell," she says happily, sounding surprised to...

Soft Opening for a Hard Won Trail

It’s been forty years since the first segments of the Burke-Gilman Trail opened, replacing parts of Seattle’s railway infrastructure with bicycle and pedestrian thoroughfares....