Sound Transit’s Escalators and Elevators Are Broken Too Often, But A Better System Lies...
Escalators and elevators are a persistent problem for Sound Transit. The agency has had constant troubles at newer facilities like Capitol Hill and University...
Seattle’s Free Community College Program Grows in Size and Impact
Three years ago, Seattle voters approved the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy, which included funding for two years of free community college to...
Sunday Video: The Trains That Subsidize Suburbia
https://youtu.be/vxWjtpzCIfA
Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes shows how Toronto's GO Transit commuter rail is primarily setup to subsidize the suburbs without providing real, regular...
Is the Progressive Media Landscape in Seattle Drying Up?
Crosscut's opinion section is dead, the publication's new executive editor M. David Lee III announced last week. The move will deprive Seattle of another...
Sunday Video: Will Texas’ High-Speed Rail Stations Be Any Good?
https://youtu.be/M-6e-mJ7hTI
City Beautiful looks at where Texas Central’s high-speed rail stations might go and their potential once trains start arriving. Texas Central’s station location approach...
Meetup Video: November 2021 with Crystal Fincher
https://youtu.be/nr__sWOcbis
Crystal Fincher is a political consultant and host of the Hacks & Wonks show. She joined The Urbanist as the November guest speaker. Hear...
Speedier Bus Service in 2022 and New Public Art, Among Pierce Transit Updates
Pierce Transit has had a rough patch recently with operator shortages forcing the agency to temporarily cutback bus service, but the agency has made...
Sunday Video: How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream
https://youtu.be/oOttvpjJvAo
Climate Town charts the history of how the car industry rapidly reset what the American Dream would be. The oppressive takeover has wrought a...