Civics and Culture

It has been nearly two years since Mayor Jenny Durkan directed the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections to fast-track pre-approved designs of backyard...

With a short legislative session, Democrats and Republicans have been moving swiftly to get bills through the legislative process. Several major bills affecting environmental...

https://youtu.be/L41peAlrkGw Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about the homelessness crisis in America. He covers two general approaches used to address the crisis and emphasizes...

My lectures sound like this.  You may not think you like lectures, or maybe the word gives you college flashbacks too boring to recall, but...

Nothing stops the chorus of a city’s urban dance than a parking garage or surface lot. In the booming age of Seattle’s downtown core,...

https://youtu.be/Rsend-1FbaM Bloomberg News asks if Americans are ready to love passenger rail again. The story is heavily focused on Brightline in Florida and Amtrak’s recent...

We are excited to be joined by King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci for our monthly meetup Tuesday February 11th. Balducci is a leader in...

https://vimeo.com/379854529 Officials from Ghent talk about how their circulation plan helped transform the city to a higher walking and biking mode share in a very...