2021 Primary Precinct Results Show Familiar Rich vs Rent-burdened Battle Lines
King County Elections finalized Primary Election results on Tuesday and Seattle's data wizards quickly went to work conjuring maps showing precinct-level results. What emerged...
2015 Seattle City Council Election, District 3: Kshama Sawant Interview
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release...
Action Alert: Preserve Sound Transit’s Board
On Wednesday, conveniently after a Seattle Times article detailed how Sound Transit--or rather the Washington State Department of Licensing--values new and used cars to...
Seattle’s Free Parking Creates A Housing Cost Problem
How can it be a problem if something is free? It turns out, free and subsidized parking is a problem because it is often only...
Event Reminder: Ben Ross Presents “Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American...
Cul-de-sac's literal translation means "bottom of the bag." Book available for purchase online.
Many of you probably know that we have a weekly Tuesday meeting at Roy...
Court Monitor Bobb Helped Create Seattle’s Police Reform Mess
Former Mayor Mike McGinn contends Monitor Merrick Bobb's top-down approach doomed Seattle's police reform efforts from the start--long before SPD's recent fall from grace...
Some Legislators in Olympia Want a Directly Elected Sound Transit Board, But That Would...
The effort to create a "directly elected" Sound Transit Board of Directors is making the rounds in state legislative halls again this session. Last...
Your Voice, Your Choice Wraps Up Second Year with 51 Project Selections
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has wrapped up a second year of its citywide participatory voting program, Your Voice Your Choice (YVYC), to select...