Civics and Culture

Take Another Look

  I see her brighten the bus stop as I pull up. Third and Union southbound, some time before midnight. Hers is a smile which...
People walk and roll across the street in the rain with a car in the background."This system is broken for us already. We want change. We want a different and a re-imagined transportation system," was the caption I wrote for my presentation. (Photo by David Seater)

The System Is Broken for Us Already

For the last hundred years, oil companies, car companies, airlines, global hotel brands, and the tourism industry have sold us travel as the ultimate...

Sunday Video: Chicago’s Big Mistake In Selling Its Paid Street Parking

Chicago sold its on-street paid parking spaces for a small proportion of their value for decades. The city, however, is reeling from that fundamental...

Sunday Video: The Past And Future City

Stephanie Meeks, President and CEO of the Nation Trust for Historic Preservation, leads an insightful half-hour discussion on the past and future of cities...

Bus Fights, as Told by Nathan

You know I love to write, but I also love public speaking! And some bus stories are just too much fun not to get...

Meet Skyway: Seattle’s Unincorporated Neighbor To The South

If I asked you what Seattle's nearest neighbor to the south was, you might say Tukwila. That'd be part right. Tukwila brushes against the Seattle border...

Is the Progressive Media Landscape in Seattle Drying Up?

Crosscut's opinion section is dead, the publication's new executive editor M. David Lee III announced last week. The move will deprive Seattle of another...

Event: Microhousing Walking Tour With Seattle YIMBYs

This Sunday (December 4th) there will be a U District walking tour of microhousing with Seattle YIMBYs from 10am to 1pm. The tour kicks...