Sunday Video: An Urban Planner Plays SimCity

https://youtu.be/LUQaCoxybW8 In this extended short, Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes on the old school classic SimCity from the perspective of a professional planner 20...

Urban Spaces As Queer Spaces

June was a complicated month for queer and trans communities in Seattle. On Pride Sunday, a crowd nearing the population of Seattle gathered Downtown...

Activists Rally for Big Solutions to Seattle’s Housing Gap

Council Chambers were packed Tuesday evening as housing advocates rallied for solutions to Seattle's affordability crisis. The  "Housing Gap" meeting called by Councilmember Teresa...

Midweek Video: How Eminent Domain Destroys Neighborhoods

https://youtu.be/w0cCF2pG13U From time to time, eminent domain in American has been used in unwise and unjust ways to demolish and remake neighborhoods. In this video,...

Zero Youth Fares Approved For King County Metro And Sound Transit Just In Time...

This week, more zero youth fare programs got approval in Puget Sound. Add King County Metro and Sound Transit to the list where youth...
Pioneer Square Station platform from the mezzanine level.

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...

Sunday Video: The Green New Deal, Explained

https://youtu.be/GxIDJWCbk6I In this video, Vox discusses the concept of the Green New Deal, a platform to change the American economy to a green economy while...

City Council Mulls Franchise Agreement with Comcast

The City of Seattle has entered into a proposed agreement with the Comcast affiliated entity called “Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC”. Comcast recently entered...