The Urbanist Book Club: The Lines That Make Us by Nathan Vass
The Urbanist Book Club is pleased to welcome Nathan Vass to our April 4th Book Club Meeting, which will start at 6pm via Zoom....
Fulfill Union Station’s Promise by Connecting Seattle’s Three Light Rail Lines
Seattle faces complex questions on how the Ballard Link extension should be delivered. Should a second tunnel be built through downtown? Should stations be...
Seattle Subway: Sound Transit Must Commit to a Shallower 4th Avenue CID Station
Plans for South Downtown "FrankenHub" would be disastrous for generations of light rail riders
As we enter the seventh year of Sound Transit 3 (ST3) expansion...
The Urbanist Podcast: The Human Side of Transit with Author and Artist Nathan Vass
Nathan Vass has been sharing his observations as a bus driver with The Urbanist for nine years. From the first conversation chronicles and desaturated...
Four Generation Defining Megaprojects Seattle Must Start Now
Seattle’s era of small thinking and smaller plans must come to an end. In order to face the combined climate and housing crises, the...
Mapping Seattle’s Inequality and Diversity with Light Rail
Three maps comparing light rail station areas create a portrait of a complex region.
Columbia City…Mount Baker….Beacon Hill…SoDo…
When I first arrived in Seattle, the...
Sound Transit Now Has a Strategy for Bringing Retail into Stations
Kiosks, brick and mortar shops, and pop-ups are all possible retail approaches
Sound Transit quietly completed a retail integration strategy report. The strategy outlines four...
Mosqueda Sets Sights on Transit, Housing, Health Care in County Run
Teresa Mosqueda has made a name for herself in her six years on Seattle City Council, and this year she's seeking to make the...