Summer Reduced Youth Fares On Metro And Sound Transit Start Mid-June
Yesterday, King County Metro and Sound Transit announced a summer pilot program that would reduce youth fares on bus and train services. The pilot...
Budget Tweaks Could Speed Transit, Homelessness Services, and Broadband Plan
The budget season is in full swing. The Seattle City Council met on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss different proposals by councilmembers to add...
Sunday Video: Vienna’s Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41VJudBdYXY
Bloomberg Quicktake/CityLab explores how Vienna is tackling affordable housing for all in the city. Mike Eliason, syndicated columnist of The Urbanist, offers his perspective...
Sound Transit Weighs Fare Enforcement Reform, New Name for University Street Station
It was a busy week at Sound Transit headquarters. Agency staff briefed regional policymakers on a range of topics from Connect 2020 progress to...
Seattle Council Passes $7.2 Billion 2018 Budget
On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed a $7.2 billion budget for 2018. The city council heavily modified the mayor's proposed budget before adopting...
Sunday Video: Why We’re Seeing Mass Layoffs in the US But Not the UK
https://youtu.be/HaraFkhonFo
Vox explains why the United States is seeing employment plummet amidst the pandemic while the United Kingdom has not experienced the same level of...
Sunday Video: How Can Cities End Homelessness?
https://youtu.be/L41peAlrkGw
Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about the homelessness crisis in America. He covers two general approaches used to address the crisis and emphasizes...
Sunday Video: Tourists Love ‘Live Like A Local’ Travel. Do Locals?
https://youtu.be/8BGABFTKHpM
Touristification on Lisbon has been swift, leaving many locals to wonder how they fit in with the city. With the global rise of tourism,...








