Opinion

Sound Transit Weighs Two Link Fare Reforms, But a Third Is Needed

Fares on Link are poised to increase, but Sound Transit is evaluating two different fare structures. The agency should be considering a third. Sound Transit...
A green bus marked Route 305 Sedro Woolley with its ramp out to let a woman with a cane exit.

Week Without Driving Goes Nationwide This October – Join Us!

Take the challenge and go carless from October 2 to 8. For the last two years, Disability Rights Washington has invited elected leaders and policymakers...
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Alaska Will Not Save Us

Like a giant overhead bin full of cookies and cash, Alaska sits for many as potential salvation. Quietly looming above, it waits as a...
A construction worker gathers supplies as the light filters through the clouds. One story of the four story building is complete at this point.

Op-Ed: Impact Fees Are Just Another Exclusionary Housing Policy in Disguise

Seattle is misguidedly preparing to levy impact fees on homebuilders amidst a housing crisis. Seattle is in a housing crisis, a direct result of decades-long...
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Op-Ed: New Drug Bill Relies on Trusting a Contemptuous Seattle Police Force

The war on drugs is back, and Seattle is about to entrust SPD to carry it out with minimal guardrails. This Tuesday, Seattle City Council...
Portrait photo of Jaahnavi-Kandula

Jaahnavi Kandula’s Killing Reveals Seattle’s Many Failings on Public Safety

What is a 23-year-old woman's life worth? To Daniel Auderer, Vice President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG), apparently the answer is $11,000...

Op-Ed: Route 8 or Route Late? Help Us Fix Seattle’s Least Reliable Bus Route

A Route 8 bus stops at Capitol Hill Station and nearly half of the completely full bus gets off and is replenished by new...
The memorials along the East Precinct police station--now christened the Capitol Hill Community Center--keep growing. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Op-Ed: Walking Away from the Empty Promise of Seattle’s Consent Decree

Seattle is still struggling for justice and constitutional policing 12 years into federal monitoring via the consent decree. More than 12 years ago, 34 Seattle...