Civics and Culture

Sunday Video: Can the Best US Bike Cities Compete with Europe?

Dave Amos takes stock of top and bottom US bike cities. Unsurprisingly, the best still fall far short of European cities for biking, but...

The Urbanist Podcast: Bringing Moviemaking Back to Seattle

In this podcast, managing editor Natalie Argerious and I discuss movies made in the Emerald City. From The Parallax View through Say Anything, there...

Sunday Video: What Makes Fast Food Drive-Throughs for Cities?

Ray Delahanty dives into how fast food drive-throughs work and why they aren’t so great for the built environment. Some cities have begun to...

Mariners’ Victory Returns October Baseball to a Changed Seattle

The Seattle Mariners return to the playoffs after a 21-year drought. The Seattle Mariners will be playing in major league baseball’s postseason for the first...

“A Life Less Ordinary” at 25 Years: Recognizing a Landmark Film

Does crossing the quarter century line make something historically important? Lovers that are literally star-crossed by the bureaucracy of heaven. Fate and art playing against...
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The Urbanist Podcast Returns: Car-free Parenting with Kelli Refer of Move Redmond

It's officially the second season of The Urbanist podcast and we are excited to be back. Joining us on this episode is Kelli Refer,...

Sunday Video: Crossing The Street Shouldn’t Be Deadly, But It Is

Jason Slaughter highlights how North American streets are designed as deadly spaces for people walking, rolling, and biking. Slaughter compares those streets to ones...

The Urbanist Book Club to Kick Off with “Skid Road”

Author Josephine Ensign will be available to answer questions on her narrative history of homelessness and safety-net healthcare in Seattle. Next month on Tuesday, October,...