Are North Seattle’s Legislators Opposed to Protecting Vulnerable Road Users?
Last week, the sexist, anti-bike (see second image below), anti-safe streets "neighborhood group" Save 35th Ave NE, who has been demanding that the 35th...
Meetup Video: November 2021 with Crystal Fincher
https://youtu.be/nr__sWOcbis
Crystal Fincher is a political consultant and host of the Hacks & Wonks show. She joined The Urbanist as the November guest speaker. Hear...
Midweek Video: Why Are There So Few City-States?
https://youtu.be/qkdUz1zoZUY
Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes on the topic of city-states. He explores why they were more common in the past, how they thrive...
The Joy of Tough Choices
"You keepin' me smilin' with that deep sexy voice o' yours," says a gravelly ball of waning energy on the 358. She's over forty,...
Midweek Video: Metro’s New Eastlake Bus Layover Facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iqMgUoNKkU
King County Metro will construct a new bus layover facility on Eastlake Ave E and is still in the bidding phase for construction. The...
Weird Al Urbanism: Takeaways From The Oddball Frontier
Urban issues are not unique to one city. Casting around for for successes to copy, we have to examine what it means to remix...
Looking Behind the Common Sense Elements of City Life
Introduction
Last month, in Moustiers Sainte Marie, France, I watched several shopkeepers return a lost young bird to a part of town closer to its natural...
Sunday Video: What The Global Skyscraper Boom Really Means
https://youtu.be/ZfYkd6_Kdno
Is there any credence to the skyscraper index in forecasting economic downturns? Bloomberg Citylab explores this debated theory.