The Next Pedersen? Bob Kettle’s Anti-Housing Red Flags Raise Alarm
Kettle is the most anti-housing candidate running for Seattle City Council; if he wins, he'd represent the city's fastest-growing district: D7.
As Seattle City Council...
Rising Star Candidates Beyond Seattle
Ally endorsements point to the best urbanist candidates around Puget Sound.
In city council races, The Urbanist Elections Committee only endorsed in Seattle and Bellevue...
Op-Ed: Sound Transit Should Run Link All Night or Provide Shadow Night Bus Service
Standing on the platform of SeaTac Airport Station after midnight, straining to see whether the next light rail train is coming, I can’t help...
A Tree Grows in Tacoma, But Will It Be There in 10 Years?
Tacoma has the least tree canopy in the Puget Sound Region. Residents experience this reality in higher average temperatures and poor air quality.
On a...
Murder Party Is an Urbanist Halloween Masterpiece
It sucks when Halloween falls early in the week. The spookiest night of the year and you have to wake up for work early...
Seattle Must Pursue ‘Rapid Progress’ Option and Transform Its Streets
Comment by October 31 to urge the City to improve the Seattle Transportation Plan.
Seattle is mapping out the next two decades of transportation investments...
The 17-Year Odyssey for Bremerton’s 6th Street Bike Lane
Public Works continues to delay long-promised safety upgrades even as a repaving project presents an opportunity to redesign the dangerous street.
Bremerton has planned to...
Op-Ed: How Washington’s Trains Can Arrive On-Time
Indonesian Railways' rapid improvement offers hope for turning around floundering Amtrak Cascades service.
Back in April I attempted to take the train from Tacoma to...