Dear Council: Make Safe Streets a Priority and Keep Parking Enforcement In SDOT
Seattle is nearing its final 2023-2024 budget and some big decisions are still in flux. The Mayor’s budget puts parking enforcement back in the...
Dubicki: ‘The Crown’s’ Claustrophobia in a Box of Its Own Creation
There is a concept in television called a bottle episode. It’s where a show puts one or a few characters into a single location...
Sound Transit’s Board Needs To Act on Rider Experience Now
The Sound Transit board is asleep at the wheel. Riders can see it clearly when they venture onto Link. Walk into any station and...
What New Seattle City Council Districts Mean for 2023 Elections
The Seattle Redistricting Commission approved its final map for Seattle City Council districts on Tuesday, making no further changes from the map we covered...
The View From Nathan’s Bus: Of Dogs and Men
Look at the two of them swaggering onboard, one man tall and the other short, their arhythmic head-bobbing, shoulder-swagging, pimp-rolling gait living out as...
Seattle Greenways Offers Their Own 90-Day Review of SDOT’s Vision Zero Safe Streets Campaign
When Greg Spotts took over as the new director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), he ordered a 90-day review of the city's...
Op-ed: Vote Yes on Seattle Prop 1 and 1B for Ranked Choice Voting
Democracy is under attack across America. Whether it’s voter suppression laws or election denialism, the power of the voter is in dire straits.
The best...
Restorative Justice is a Vital Component of Livable Urbanism
Last week I wrote about Pooja Vaddadi’s race to oust incumbent Judge Adam Eisenberg from the Seattle Municipal Court. Vaddadi contrasts her competence and...