Civics and Culture

As we wish you happy holidays, we thought we would share some of the ways different cities decorate and use public spaces at this time...

https://youtu.be/xdw7WEMe9AI In this time when we must be apart at home, how are people coming together to bring the best out of humanity?

He was smiling so hard I had to laugh.  It was infectious. I’m guessing he was older than he looked; the sort who says it's...

Sound Transit hopes doubling federal funding for Lynnwood Link and Federal Way Link could right their storm-tossed financial ship. Joining 25 other transit agencies from...

  John (a different John, not the fellow from the 358 posts) seems to come from another age. Multicolored crumbs pepper his dry lips and beard. His...

As a practicing professional and writer I'm frequently asked to represent the "urbanist" perspective on particular issues. This has gotten me thinking about what it means...

Milan Kundera wrote that our memories are more like glimpses or brief 'scenes' than stories with beginnings or ends. They’re closer to photographs than...

Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes compares Utrecht, Netherlands and London, Ontario, showing how both cities became car-oriented in the mid-century era. However, Utrecht uniquely undid the damage, becoming a city highly oriented around pedestrian, bike, and transit infrastructure.