Civics and Culture

Big Ideas from Imagine Downtown

Last year, the One Center City framework for Downtown Seattle graduated into a "defined action plan." In the process, City officials sought to continue...

Urbanist Hopes for 2019

Team Urbanism took some lumps in 2018, but there's plenty of opportunities to turn the tables and advance the cause in 2019. Our writers...

2018: Seattle’s Year of the Grassroots Pro-Housing Activists

Randy Shaw, whose new book 'Generation Priced Out' is getting notable press, claimed that 2018 was: "The year of the YIMBY (Yes in My...

What We Have to Give

She's become a good friend of mine. Wavy black hair down to here; a youthful spirit with attitude to burn, at once streetsmart and...

Downtown Seattle Association Envisions A New Multimodal Third Avenue

Third Avenue is Seattle's most prominent surface transit corridor in the city with over 52,000 daily passengers using buses. The Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)...

Ride the Bus and Streetcar for Free on New Year’s Eve

Transit agencies are gearing up to provide extended service on New Year's Eve. This year, King County Metro, Sound Transit, Seattle Streetcar, and the...

Holiday Video: Did GM Really Kill the Streetcar in Los Angeles?

https://youtu.be/RnFVBfhpprU Dave Amos of City Beautiful explores the controversy over whether GM killed the streetcar system in Los Angeles. From all of us at The...

Sunday Video: Transit Talks -Climate Equity and Transit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od-m4nrPVHs Transportation Choices Coalition recently held a "Transit Talks" panel discussion, which focused on topics of equitable and clean transportation solutions. The panelists included: Bryce Yadon,...