March Is Women’s Bike Month
Biking is a heavily male-dominated sport and mode of transportation. Locally, we're still subject to the huge gender gap in biking with nearly 71% of bike...
Midweek Video: 15 Thing You Didn’t Know About City Planning (Probably)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Walx0iQZfiY
Dave Amos rattles through 15 things in urban planning that you may not have known.
Seattle Center: A Hub For Entertainment And Transit
By 2035, there will be a light rail stop servicing Seattle Center. It is hard to imagine there will be another major construction project...
Let’s Try to be Optimistic for Once, Seattle
Any frequent reader of The Urbanist knows that we have a long and painstakingly catalogued list of gripes with Seattle. From the completely avoidable...
Midweek Video: Why Great Cities Let You Easily Cycle to IKEA
Not Just Bikes demonstrates how The Netherlands usually offers people many safe modes of transportation to reach their intended destinations, including to an IKEA....
It’s Not Easy Being Green
bike polo. Attributed to: Sean Munson - license - original
According to a recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, moving...
Why I Call Myself An Urbanist
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...
A Panel With The Urbanist At The American Planning Association National Convention
Attention all you planning nerds! The American Planning Association's National Conference is coming to Seattle Saturday through Tuesday (April 18 through April 21). The...