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Civics and Culture

Nathan in NYC: TransitCenter Event

Briefly—I'll be participating in a panel for the famed and lovely organization TransitCenter this Wednesday. If you're in NYC, stop by! I don't often...

NHL Seattle Will Fund Free Transit for Home Game Attendees

The National Hockey League's Seattle affiliate will announce today that they will be providing every single person who purchases a ticket to a hockey...

Sunday Video: Where Did The Rules Of The Road Come From?

https://youtu.be/CFgqNiFi0cw How did we end up with the rules of the road?

City’s Plan for Pre-approved Backyard Cottages Shouldn’t Require Uncompensated Labor

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...

Mid-Session Check-In on Equitable and Sustainable Legislation

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

Sunday Video: How Can Cities End Homelessness?

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...

Nathan at MOHAI on February 19th

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...

The Streetcar Symphony

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,...