Meetup Video: March 2021 with WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar
https://youtu.be/fhIPaQoJk7U
This month, Roger Millar was the guest speaker at The Urbanist's regular meetup. Millar is Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation. He...
Mayor Durkan ‘Pivots’ from Road Pricing to Electrification Blueprint
In 2018, Mayor Jenny Durkan made a splash by embracing the idea of enacting downtown cordon tolling to reduce car congestion, pledging to realize...
No New Highways Is a 21st Century Imperative
On March 5th, Governor Jay Inslee stood in front of the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle and urged the state legislature to pass...
Midweek Video: Will Electric Cars Kill the Gas Station?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVIYNzY-pE
Davos Amos looks at what the proliferation of electric cars means for fueling stations in the years ahead. Will they die away? Will they...
Seattle City Code Requires We Pave Over Playgrounds, But We Could Change That
The Washington State Legislature is in ongoing legal trouble for failing to properly fund schools. The City of Seattle has many solemn commitments to...
Midweek Video: Why Do People Commute By Airplane?
https://youtu.be/BoxZuHl3caU
Super commuting was on the up and up prior to the pandemic. Why are people doing it, who is doing it, and what can...
Bellevue’s New I-405 Interchange Won’t Reduce Congestion
Cities across the country have poured billions and billions into ineffective road infrastructure projects that are leaving them deep in traffic and even deeper...
Sunday Video: How Highways Make Traffic Worse
https://youtu.be/2z7o3sRxA5g
Vox examines how building more highways just leads to more congestion rather than solving any particular transportation problem.