Bremerton’s Enlightened ‘JCTP’ Plan Seeks to Break Free of Car Dependence
JCTP is Bremerton’s 30-year transportation vision. It gets a lot of things right, but has some gaps.
The Joint Compatibility Transportation Plan (JCTP) is a...
America’s Pessimism Isn’t Economic, Stupid – It’s Human
Economists are trying to figure out the dissonance between a recovering economy and America's deep pessimism. They're looking in the wrong place.
Op-Ed: Climate Action Must Be a Seattle Priority Now
The Seattle City Council will have six new members in 2024. In pre-election polls, voters were focused on public safety, homelessness and housing affordability....
How Link Service Could Be Right-Sized in ST3
Splitting up the four-line, 116-mile system into smaller segments allows greater frequencies with fewer traincars.
Link is in trouble. Service planning estimates widely missed the...
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...