It’s Time to Downsize Seattle’s Car Bridges

While some are in a rush to rebuild aging bridges and expand car capacity, less is more when it comes to car lanes. Instead...

A Walkable Aurora Avenue

You’ve driven down Aurora, but have you ever walked it? Chances are, you haven’t. And nobody would blame you. The street is not designed...

Midweek Video: The Global Coffee Crisis Is Coming

https://youtu.be/6IN4ZcZAUbA Global climate change is brewing a crisis for growing coffee. As annual temperatures rise, coffee plants are being threatened with mass withering. The global...

Ready, Set, BUILD!! (collectively!)

Editor's Note: This is part 1 of a series on Baugruppen, private owners collaboratively building affordable multifamily projects. You can see part 2 here. Pictured...
The Capitol building in Olympia is marble colored and include pillars and a dome in the classic style.

Heroes and Zeroes of the Washington State Legislature, 2021 Edition

The Washington State Legislature's 2021 session adjourned on April 25th with some big wins and some big whiffs. Republicans did jack all and were...

Copenhagenize: A Conversation with Councilmember González

Councilmember Lorena González traveled to Copenhagen with a delegation of local leaders in August to study the policies and infrastructure that have given rise...

The Gateway Project: Unions Need to Oppose Sprawl, Support Density

Tensions are flaring between progressive interest groups in Seattle. Groups representing labor and environmentalists recently have found themselves on opposing sides of the decision to lease one...

Sunday Video: 20,000 Years in Puget Sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl2rObdNUFw 20,000 Years in Puget Sound by the Burke Museum on YouTube. Chart the changing geography of the Puget Sound in under three minutes.