Transportation

A school crosswalk busy with students and parents in a sea of cars.

Car-Based School Commutes Hurt Families with Kids

To create more equitable outcomes, the needs of parents with school-age children must be better addressed in future transportation solutions. At 8am any given school...

A Better Street

Seventeen years ago today, I was riding home with high school friends, sitting in the backseat of an old station wagon. While turning left...
Rows of buses with the I-90 ramps and Seattle skyscrapers in the background.

Why We Joined the Move All Seattle Sustainably Coalition

The Urbanist's Board of Directors voted to join a new coalition called Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) because Seattle's proposed budget falls short and...

Join the Movement to Make Capitol Hill Safer for Bicyclists

Pike/Pine Protected Bike Lane Community Design Workshop, Thursday, October 25th, Summit Event Space, 420 E. Pike Street A volunteer-driven effort is leading the way to ensure...

Sunday Video: Jersey City Experiments With Its First Protected Bike Lane

https://vimeo.com/293870204 In this video, Streetfilms highlights how Jersey City is experimenting with the city’s first protected bike lane to get people biking, skating, and scootering...

Walking King County’s Twenty Year Budget Tight Rope

"A Broken System" Limits Funding For General Fund, Transit, Housing, and More... On September 24th, King County Executive Dow Constantine put forth the proposed King...

Does the NHL Need to Be at Northgate’s Front Door?

At a press conference earlier this week, the CEO of National Hockey League (NHL) Seattle announced Seattle's new NHL team will be siting their...

Top Urbanist Action: Back the I-1631 Carbon Pollution Fee

We have an enormous opportunity.  Washington state could do something really meaningful to address climate change by passing a ballot initiative pricing carbon. I-1631...