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Civics and Culture

Construction Industry Can Partially Restart, Governor Inslee Decrees

Most construction projects in Washington have been stalled out since mid-March when Governor Jay Inslee deemed the industry largely non-essential, except for critical infrastructure...

Sunday Video: India’s Planned Capital City (Designed by Le Corbusier)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFF3t41png Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes a look at an Indian capital city, Chandigarh, to explore how two very different city building approaches--Garden City...

Wife Saving Wheels

“Listen, I gotta tell you a story.”“Sure,” I answered. “Lemme let these people on real quick.”“Yeah.” He was excited, grinning in the dark at Rainier...

Sunday Video: Why Paid Sick Leave Is Essential To Beating Coronavirus

https://youtu.be/QyMusotiUAs The coronavirus epidemic has heightened Americans' awareness that paid sick leave in the country is uncommon and necessary. Vox explains why the lack of...

Nathan and Colleagues on Pandemics: via the Huffington Post

A huge, huge thanks to Erica C. Barnett for her graciousness and inclusion of all sides of this thorny issue in detail. I feel...

SDOT Opens ‘Stay Healthy Streets’ to Pedestrians and Cyclists

Seattle is joining the list of cities using open streets to help weather the coronavirus pandemic by helping people walking, rolling, and biking safely...

Clarification: Not Quite What I Said

Really quick, but very important-- The difference between popularity and fame, as I define those words, is that popularity has more to do with being...
Easy to social distance on pedestrian streets.

In a Pandemic, We Should Be Closing Unused Streets, Not Crowded Parks

On Thursday, the Seattle Mayor’s Office announced on KUOW that several parks would be closing. Later in the afternoon, those specific parks were announced....