Highlights

Sunday Video: Architecture Turning Dreams Into Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyNGDWnmX0U To world-renowned architect Bjarke Ingels, architecture is the fiction of the real world, in which dreams about the way we aspire to live our...

Highway Mission Creep

Last week, I wrote about the progress of the highway funding bill through Congress. A few politicians—Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Rick Santorum—don't want...
A photo of a light rail train on an elevated rail line.

Publication Update: Fall 2021 Subscriber Drive Edition

There's no doubt that fall has arrived. The days are shorter (and wetter), budget squabbling is enfolding over at City Hall, the campaign season...

Tukwila Makes Targeted Transit and Pedestrian Improvements Near Southcenter

The City of Tukwila has delivered a series of pedestrian and transit facility improvements near Westfield Southcenter, a major regional shopping mall. The bulk of the...
People bike on the low bridge with the cracked high bridge looming overhead. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

The Urbanist’s Greatest Hits of 2020

Thank you for reading The Urbanist and making it through a crucible of a year with us. We wanted to look back at our...

The Urbanist’s Greatest Hits of 2017

As 2017 draws to a close, we're reviewing our top ten most read articles of the year. Looking back, themes emerge, such as the...

Looking Back on Another Decade of Climate Delay

As we bid 2019 adieu and enter a new decade, it's hard not to get wistful and ponder the past decade in the rearview...

The Urbanist’s Greatest Hits Of 2016

Another year, another great list of articles from our writers at The Urbanist. Here are our top ten articles from 2016 based on readership....