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Civics and Culture

Midweek Video: The Smashing Success of NYC’s 14th Street Busway

https://vimeo.com/371882620 New York City recently opened a busway on 14th Street in Manhattan, which now provides faster service for riders crosstown and has improved the...

Sunday Video: How Online Ratings Make Good Schools Look Bad

https://youtu.be/WC3ZPgg0nds Vox explains how this online school rating system may be underrating the actual quality of many schools.

From the Driver’s Seat: Tips and More for Operators, 2019 edition

I don't know how many operators read The Urbanist, but I know most of us here will at least find this material interesting. And I...
Bus lanes and dropping a general purpose lane in each direction would turn Aurora Avenue into a much safer and more walkable street. (Image by Ryan DiRaimo)

We Must Design Aurora Avenue to Put Safety First

When a pedestrian is struck and killed in your neighborhood you are at a loss for words. When it has happened five times in...

The Woman Who Spoke in Paragraphs

"How are you tonight?" For certain folks, that phrase means, I respect you. I acknowledge you. And that's fine. It's great, actually. I've written elsewhere...
Pick up your copy of an anti-racism book at Elliott Bay Book Company in Capitol Hill. (Credit: Elliott Bay Book Company)

Claim a Free Book and Join the Anti-Racism Discussion

When America elected a White Nationalist three years ago, we ramped up our work to better understand structural racism, Whiteness, and how unjust systems...

Book Event, 12/6: Susanna Ryan and Nathan Vass in Conversation

My primary emotion upon reading Susanna Ryan's book version of her wildly popular Instagram feed, Seattle Walk Report, other than excitement, was of recognition. As in, someone...

Sunday Video: Destruction of the Amazon

https://youtu.be/SAZAKPUQMw0 Why is the Amazon rainforest seeing yet another massive deforestation wave and burning after years of significant falling deforestation rates? And what does that...