Flat Fare Push Shows Sound Transit Is Embracing a Self-Defeating Suburban Identity
The agency is squeezing riders who take short trips to subsidize long rides and a suburb-focused service profile.
Sound Transit is poised to implement flat...
Op-Ed: State Model Code Could Give Middle Housing a Shot
In House Bill 1110, the Washington State Legislature read the will of the people and demanded that we tackle the housing crisis more proactively...
Seattle’s Pioneering Bike Cop Experiment
An excerpt from my new book, Heartbreak City, shows how Seattle kicked off a nationwide bike policing trend.
A distant frontier city that had only...
Two Visions for South Tacoma’s Future and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice
How a proposed (and now permitted) large industrial development intersects with plans to engage South Tacoma Way in community-led planning.
Residents of South Tacoma who...
Metro Flex’s Mixed Bag of Reviews May Impact Its Future
In March, King County Metro launched Metro Flex, an on-demand neighborhood van transit service. With a handy app, users can book rides to destinations...
Model Code Missing the Point on Middle Housing
Washington State Legislature legalized “missing middle” housing across the state, allowing more homes on a lot in the form of rowhouses, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes...
Seattle Is Building a Citywide Bike Network That Cannot Handle Its Own Popularity
Seattle's climate plan calls for doubling bicycling, but SDOT is not building its bike facilities to handle the load.
To bike to Climate Pledge Arena,...
Progressive Seattle Enters a Fallow Season
Recent election losses for Seattle Progressives overlap with generational change creating an introspective winter for local activism.