Technology

Your Voice, Your Choice Voting Starts Tomorrow

Seattle's first citywide experiment in participatory budgeting starts tomorrow as polls open for the Your Voice, Your Choice park and street grant competition. In...

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...
More than 100 advocates hold signs urging a balanced tax code on the steps of the state Capitol building with its many marble columns.

Op-Ed: Tech Workers Must Challenge the Political Power of Their Bosses

Tech workers like me don’t enjoy being a bargaining chip to protect our CEO’s bottom line. And we know better than anyone else that their claims are false: corporate giants can afford higher taxes.

Seattle In Progress Gets An Update

When Seattle In Progress was launched back in November, it was a revolutionary way for locals to be in-the-know on development projects across Seattle. Our...

Historic FCC Votes on Internet Freedom Set to Enable Seattle Municipal Broadband

Creating vibrant and successful urban environments requires infrastructure and access to services. We include access to the Internet as being critical in a 21st...

Mayor Calls For Seattle Monorail ORCA Integration

On Thursday, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray released a statement in support of integrating the Seattle Monorail into the ORCA fare payment system. This could...

Sunday Video: Why You Don’t Hear About The Ozone Layer Anymore

https://youtu.be/CaLOiGEDPJQ Vox recounts how the international community came together to combat depletion of the ozone layer and why the ozone layer is no longer of...

Midweek Video: One Chart Shows How America Can Leave Fossil Fuels Behind

https://youtu.be/QfAXbGInwno In this video, Vox highlights a Sankey diagram that shows where all of America's carbon emissions come, which can inform how the country should...