Felt From a Distance
This post is a thematic sister to this post.
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I will look back on these days with wonder. I will remember the texture of the...
Top Apps Emerge from Seattle’s Commute Hackathon
At the end of Seattle's Hack the Commute on Sunday night the judges selected three potentially game-changing software applications for further development. Over the...
Meetup Video: June 2022 with Port of Seattle Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa
In June, The Urbanist's transportation reporter and senior editor, Ryan Packer, had a wide-ranging discussion with Port of Seattle Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa. High-speed rail,...
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...
Keep Remote Meetings for Accessibility after Quarantine Ends
As disabled public transit advocates, we find Covid-19 has made transit board meetings increasingly accessible from the comfort of home--but only for now. For...
Sunday Video: A City Built on Water Is Running Out of It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OjUtqv7LDg&t=5s
Bloomberg Green explains how Mexico City is running out of water despite historically having been built on a lake. How can Mexico City solve...
A Bus Driver Kind of Mind
Why do I love scruffiness, when I am not scruffy?
Because these are the strangers who are consistently nicest to me, who treat me plainly,...
Sunday Video: What Is Cancer Alley?
https://youtu.be/XAFD-0aMkwE
Vox explains how environmental racism through public policy and private actions can lead to environmental health catastrophes for people of color. Coronavirus is killing...