Opinion

Purple skin, yellow fruit plums in a white bowl.

The Grandeur of Seattle’s Tiny Plums

Small reminders to celebrate lots of good neighbors. In the short gap of indecisive September clouds between Smoke Season and Spider Season, Seattle experiences one...
Downtown Seattle wall with City Hall sign on it and buildings in the background.

The Chamber of Commerce’s Seattle Budget Fix Is Slashing City Services and Freezing Wages

While running government like a business is a dream of chambers of commerce, businesses don’t freeze wages and spending when they need to hire...

Summer in the Inside Passage: Riding the Alaska Ferry

There are three very important things you need to know about taking the Alaska ferry from Bellingham, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. First, the trip...
A dark light rail platform at SeaTac Airport during a service disruption.

Sound Transit Delays Rollout of Real-Time Arrival System for Trains

It's looking like an October launch for real-time Link arrivals -- after a hectic month of maintenance-related service disruptions. One lament Link light rail riders...

Map of the Week: Seattle’s New Long-Range Rail Plan Goes Big

Seattle's new long-range plan for high capacity transit echoes vision maps created by Seattle Subway and advanced by The Urbanist. Seattle's long-range rail transit vision...
Looking down Western Avenue at a white car in the bike lane.

‘Even Better Bike Lane’ Program Slowly Improves Upon Oft-Trampled Plastic Posts

One year in, Seattle's program to provide tougher protection for bike lanes still has a long way to go. On July 29th 2022, the Seattle...

Op-Ed: Metro’s Alarming Latest Bus Restructures Illustrate the Need for Reform

King County Metro recently unveiled its final proposal for a bus restructure in parts of North Seattle and North King County as well as...

Op-Ed: Chinatown Deserves a Transit Hub, Not Terrible Transfers

Speak out as the Sound Transit Board prepares to make a generational mistake and skip Chinatown with its new downtown light rail tunnel. Sound Transit...