Newest Transit App Version 4.2 Integrates Modes Seamlessly
Navigating the world by bike and foot just got easier through Transit, the super-intelligent mobile app built for smartphones and tablets. Transit also bundled...
Midweek Video: Canada’s Incredible New Intercity Trains
RM Transit shows off Via Rail's new Siemens Venture class equipment, which is also coming to Amtrak services like Cascades.
Sunday Video: Has The Modern Tram Gone Off The Rails?
Reece Martin at RM Transit explores the history of the tram (streetcar) and its reinvention into as a primary train technology now used throughout...
Sunday Video: Autonomous Vehicles Deserve Heavy Skepticism
Urbanist circles differ in how they see autonomous vehicles, particularly as they move toward wider adoption. Some see them being a tool that builds...
Harrell Pledges Seattle Will Be AI Leader, Plan Fuzzy on Details
Last week, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the City’s new AI Plan, which looks to harness the current artificial intelligence boom in the tech sector by integrating AI into the City’s operations, public services, and civic engagement. But critics worry about the ethical implications of AI use in public services, as well as its potential impacts on workers and environmental harms.
Urban Microgrids: The Potential for Urban Energy Generation and Efficiency
In 2018, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that the Miller Community Center would soon be home to a $3.3 million solar microgrid. This project...
Is Sound Transit Closing In on Fare Gates for Link and Sounder?
An agency report obtained by The Urbanist lays out three key scenarios to implement fare gates with the goal of driving up fare compliance...
Pierce Transit Launches New Battery-Electric Buses Into Service
New battery-electric buses (BEBs) will start appearing on Pierce Transit routes, the agency has announced today, just in time for the holidays. Six new...






