Urbanism 101: Tactical Urbanism
Street improvements are often long and drawn-out affairs. Pop-up projects can show otherwise.
Urban projects can take a significant amount of time and financing to...
South Park Organizes To Tackle Highway Pollution
Often after Rosa Lopez picks up her son from school, they walk under a highway and half a mile to the South Park Community...
Op-Ed: Washington State Needs a Cumulative Air Toxics Law
The Duwamish River Valley hosts three freeways, two international airports, an international seaport, and a river so polluted it was declared a federal Superfund...
Sunday Video: What Is Vision Zero?
The term “Vision Zero” gets bandied about a lot in transportation and urbanist circles, but to the unitiated the concept isn’t necessarily obvious or...
Debunking Carbrains’ Dumb Groceries Argument
The distance to carry a bag of food is only argued against cities, never getting them to your car in the first place.
Enter any...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: State of the (Seattle) Union
The most lasting advice I received in art school was to "think about how I think." To question why I respond this or that...
Chaos and Banned Weapons: SPD’s Use of ‘Mutual Aid’ Police Departments in 2020
Newly unearthed records show SPD exploited a policy loophole, deploying dangerous and toxic weapons during the 2020 protests via partner agencies with little to...
Your 2023 Urbanist Summer Movie List
Place looks to be important in these flicks
Yes, it's that time of year when the sun actually graces the Seattle sky. (Don't tell anyone,...