Technology

Sunday Video: How To Better Design Cities To Move Goods

Dave Amos of City Beautiful talks about how cities can move goods faster, more efficiently, and sustainably. Amos highlights some strategies that are being...

Transit App: Now Supporting Accessibility Information

Transit App's most recent update now includes accessibility information for some 230 transit agencies, including Community Transit locally. The information is fairly basic, showing...

Sunday Video: How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream

https://youtu.be/oOttvpjJvAo Climate Town charts the history of how the car industry rapidly reset what the American Dream would be. The oppressive takeover has wrought a...

Sunday Video: The Fight to Rethink (and Reinvent) Nuclear Power

https://youtu.be/poPLSgbSO6k In this video, Vox looks at the promise of the new generation of nuclear energy and technology. While many still fear meltdowns and are...

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...

Map of the Week: King County’s Localscape

Have you ever wanted to know the racial diversity of your neighborhood, how your local schools rank, or where development permits have been recently...
Route 8 is plagued by crowding and congestion. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Metro Ending Backdoor Sensory Technology Across the Bus System

Shouts of "backdoor" are quickly returning to Seattle buses. A few months ago, King County Metro Transit began phasing out sensory technology for rear...

An Open Letter To Elon Musk

Dear Mr. Musk, This letter is both a salute to your continued success and a challenge to consider (if you haven’t already) some ideas that...