Civics and Culture

Midweek Video: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Explained

City Beautiful dives into the topic of transit-oriented development (TOD) in North America. Dave Amos makes a special visit to Orenco Station, a New...

The Urbanist Podcast: YIMBYtown

If you follow housing politics, you've probably heard of the term YIMBY (a.k.a. yes in my backyard), but do you know what differentiates the...

Sunday Video: All About Car Crashes

CityNerd dives into the convoluted and admittedly depressing topic of car crashes. In the video, CityNerd looks into the disturbing pedestrian fatality trends, implications...

The View From Nathan’s Bus: Not Because It Is Easy

I like the ten P.M. crowd. If you drive buses through downtown at the top of this hour, you'll notice it contains what I call...

The Urbanist Podcast: Disney Is a Weird Urban Utopia

The first thing you have to know about this podcast is that I just got back from Disneyland and the Star Wars Rise of...

Sunday Video: American and European Zoning Compared

Dave Amos at City Beautiful looks at how American and European zoning differs and how that has led to very different spatial outcomes. There...

The View from Nathan’s Bus: The Antidote

1. The Scene I’ve just taken over my E Line in Pioneer Square from the previous operator and am preparing it to my liking. Setting...

The Urbanist Podcast: The Big Seattle Food Episode

People love to talk about food, read about food, and -- we hope -- listen to podcasts about food too! In this episode, reporter...