From Parking Crater To Urban Asset: Northgate TOD
Light rail arriving to new neighborhoods brings with it ample opportunity for transit-oriented development (TOD). Anticipation is particularly high ahead of Northgate Station, where King...
Sara Nelson Warns She Can Kill Any Transit Project She Wants
A budget amendment put forward by Council President Nelson asks for information on how and when the city creates priority space for buses, citing opposition to Route 40. At a meeting last week, Nelson suggested that if she had wanted to kill a controversial project she already could have done it.
Worst Intersection in Seattle: 2018 (Round 4 – Final)
It's the final round of voting for the Worst Intersection in Seattle.
In the semi-finals, the winning intersections handily beat out the competition by two...
Accepting the Challenge: Cascadia High Speed Rail
At some point in our recent history, we got complacent. Our society stopped its foresighted quest of reaching higher. This year marked the 50th...
Getting Ready for a Post-Viaduct Downtown the Only Way We Know How
This week we learned that the Alaskan Way Viaduct will close permanently on January 11 of next year, with a three-week gap between the...
Sunday Video: Shortest May Not Be Fastest
Most everyone wants to get from Point A to Point B as fast as they can. The straightest line (route) may be the shortest...
How a Mass Transit Snob Became a Believer
Oh, how I loved my car. The ability to zip around the city of Seattle and into the nether regions of the Eastside left...
Top Ten Urbanist Articles of 2024
Look back on our top 10 most read articles published in 2024, which run the gambit from rail to highrise to waterfront park news.