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Civics and Culture

So Many Lives

  The faces you see, glancingly, across the years, are living full and storied lives of their own. Nearly three years ago I wrote: A...

The New Normal

  This guy's smiling, let me tell you. I thought I smiled a lot. He walks up at Pine southbound, first stop on the 7,...

Sunday Video: Designing Urban Places That Don’t Suck

What’s the secret sauce in creating urban spaces and places that people love? Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes gets into that in his...

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...
The 8th Ave N festival street surrounded by two newer office buildings, looking southward

Exploring Seattle’s Festival Streets

Recently, the City of Seattle released the final draft of the Crown Hill Urban Village Action Plan in which a pedestrian loop is proposed...

Op-Ed: Seattle Should End the Polluting Blue Angels Airshow

Environmental activists and critics of US militarism are joining together to protest against Seattle's loud, polluting Blue Angels airshow. Here's the case for having the courage to end this tradition.

Metro Bus Fares Set To Flatten For Riders On July 1

This Sunday, King County Metro Transit will roll out a new fare structure for most bus riders. The new regular adult fare structure will...

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...