For New Bus Drivers: Thoughts, Tips, and Stories
There's a ton of you guys out there these days. Welcome. Here's what I wish they'd told me when I began:
Generally, bus drivers don’t...
Is It Time for a Radical Rethinking of Open Space in Seattle?
Seattle’s urban villages suffer not only from inadequate space to build multifamily housing, but there is also a massive open space inequity versus-single family...
Forward Thrust Part 1: No City is an Island
In December 2017 I had the fortune to pen, in my capacity as a columnist for City Arts Magazine, a retrospective essay about the...
Nominate Seattle’s Worst Intersection: 2018
It's time to submit nominations for what has become an annual tradition to determine the worst intersection in Seattle.
Consider the intersection you hate to...
Sunday Video: Busiest Dutch Bicycle Path
https://youtu.be/2RQrKP9a0XE
Utrecht gets to claim its Vrendenburg street as the busiest bicycle path in the Netherlands. The street provides a primary path to the city...
Nathan on TV
If you’ve watched this already there’s no need to rewatch, but I’d be remiss not to share a few words on the change. Diane...
Neighbors Call Shenanigans on Wallingford Community Council’s “Democratic” Process
Last year members of the Wallingford Community Council (WCC) threw a mock funeral for the "neighborhood voice" at the Seattle Office of Planning and...
A Streetfight in Ballard for Safe Routes to School
Saint Alphonsus Parish and School in Ballard has a tiny streetfight on its hands. It happens almost daily and hasn't attracted much attention--possibly because...