A green graphic with the Lime scootershare and bikeshare logo says

Civics and Culture

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...