Civics and Culture

How I Write the Posts, and Why

Pretty early on I realized, there's no way I'm going to remember all this. The most I can do is throw my hands in...

Sunday Video: Subterranean Christmas Train

https://youtu.be/HXouL-s5pBo Every year around the holiday, New York City Transit runs special nostalgia trains from yesteryear. Trains run on Sunday with many festive riders in...

SR-520 Cross-Lake Trail Opens Improving Options to Walk and Bike

A new cross-lake trail opened Wednesday on SR-520, making it easier to walk, bike, and skate across Lake Washington. The trail was years in...

A Newcomer’s Guide to Finding Home in Seattle

The idea of “home” came to the foreground when I moved to Seattle from the greater Detroit area where I was born and raised,...

Amtrak Cascades Now Faster and More Frequent, New Station Opens in Tacoma

Editor's Note: After the inaugural train trip of faster Cascades service ended in derailment, we issued this statement. Amtrak Cascades will begin new service today between Seattle...

Nathan Converses With His Colleagues: IV

Traffic was crawling. Of course it was. From the moment the southbound express lanes close at 10:45 A.M. until the end of evening rush,...

Bus Driver Yin & Bus Driver Yang

He was asking if I turn into the 7. I explained the details, and he listened with those crystal blue eyes of his. They...

Radio Segment Online

In case you missed the NPR interview through KNKX, here it is! Just under ten minutes total: Finding Humanity On A Public Bus, by Jennifer...