Doug Trumm
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
The Urbanist had its first fundraising drive in August and now, thanks to the generous contributions of our readers, our budget has grown and we are launching a pilot program to pay new writers on a per-article basis. This will supplement our all-volunteer staff and hopefully encourage new people...
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) revealed its 60% designs for the Missing Link portion of the Burke-Gillman Trail yesterday. The Missing Link is a gap in the multi-use trail between 11th Ave NW to 30th Ave NW (downtown Ballard) that shunts bicyclists onto busy Shilshole Ave NW. This...
Last month I gave an overview of Minneapolis and promised my expatriate stab at candidate rankings. Minneapolis has ranked choice voting, giving Minneapolis voters more options. They don't have to feel obligated to vote for a popular candidate who might not champion their values as well as another less popular...
The Downtown Design Review Board will take its first look at a design proposal for a 14-story hotel at 103 Pike St on Tuesday, October 3rd. Across from Seattle's premier tourist destination which attracts more than 10 million visitors per year, the project aims to connect with Pike Place...
Tuesday was an eventful day for the future of the King County Children and Family Justice Center after the Washington State Court of Appeals (Division Two) ruled in favor of Ending the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC). EPIC contended that the 2012 King County ballot amendment that provided $210 million in...
Mayoral candidate Cary Moon added some meat to the bones of her transit plan at a press conference this afternoon in South Lake Union. Not far from the Mercer Mess--a traffic-choked street that serves as a testament to Seattle's car-centric priorities, Moon outlined a more balanced vision with more...
I rode the Route 8 last week, confirming it's as late as ever during the afternoon commute. At a brisk walk from Dexter Avenue, one can easily pass two Route 8 buses on the way up the hill. Somehow one of the state's densest and fastest growing job centers...
The Urbanist hosted a tour of the South Lake Union and Cascade on Saturday morning, offering a glimpse of these booming neighborhoods that most Seattleites rarely see up-close in their day-to-day lives. Many pass through in their commutes cursing the traffic, but how often do we take a leisurely...