Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Sally Bagshaw is an incumbent Seattle City Council member running in the new district 7. She was first elected in 2009 and is now
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Debora Juarez is running for Seattle City Council in District 5, where she has lived for the past 25 years. Juarez grew up on
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements. Sandy Brown is running for Seattle City Council in District 5. Brown has been a leader in the faith community for 30 years, and
This week’s tweet is a reminder that language matters. Brent Toderian, Vancouver’s former chief planner, writes: Streets aren't "closed" to cars. They're "opened" to people. 7 cities that are leading the way 4ward. Via @JSadikKhan http://t.co/1ADCub6ztH — Brent
I’ve found that many people conflate supply and demand, or price-based resource allocation, with the pseudo-ideal of a libertarian “free market”. Supply and demand is an explanation for how the world works, not a value statement. If the number of people who want X and don’t have it
I am traffic. — Mike Lindblom (@MikeLindblom) December 17, 2014
One of The Urbanist’s contributors made a very good suggestion to Sound Transit last week: @SoundTransit Please bring back these tunnel boring charts for the current tunneling project … you know … these: pic.twitter.com/RdauBoyj8J — Gordon Werner (@GordonWerner) August 29, 2014
Dow Constantine is on fire. The King County Executive, first elected in 2009, made the headlines on Tuesday for vetoing Councilmember Rod Dembowski’s proposal to defer King County Metro’s impending service cuts. Now, Constantine has signed an executive order calling for Metro and Sound Transit to deeply integrate
I recently went to Galway, Ireland, which was my first time out of North America. I had a ton of fun, and I also learned lots and lots. This is the first in a series of posts where I will try to share some of what I’ve learned. As
Volunteer Park Seattle. By Dazzling Places.com Seattle – license – original  Half-funded 520 section through Montlake will get half-constructed starting this summer The Plan That Could Finally Free New York City From Traffic Congestion Low parking costs may encourage automobile use Huge increase in crude oil by rail to Bay Area