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.
Just like Seattle, Minneapolis has several high-profile political races that could push the city in a more progressive and urbanist direction. Mayor Betsy Hodges, the incumbent, has drawn a wealth of challengers even though she has overseen some policy successes in her first term. Many council seats could change...
On Thursday, the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) issued draft legislation that would reform how the City deals with parking requirements. SDCI promises to provide "flexibility for building owners to make parking facilities with excess capacity available for public use."
Notably, the proposal would correct a Director's Rule...
Seattle's mayoral musical chairs is over, and the person occupying the seat is Tim Burgess.
This afternoon the Seattle City Council voted 5 to 1 to install Councilmember Tim Burgess as mayor. Burgess's opening occurred after Mayor Murray resigned Tuesday and Council President Bruce Harrell declined his first right to...
This morning Sound Transit announced it has expanded its street performer program, taking it beyond the pilot program at University of Washington and Capitol Hill Link light rail stations to Beacon Hill, Mount Baker, Columbia City, Othello, Tukwila, and Angle Lake.
"After finishing the pilot project in February, we used feedback...
Four Mayors in Three Months: David Kroman covered Acting Mayor Bruce Harrell's announcement that he'd no longer like to act as mayor. The council will likely vote one of its members into the Mayor's office on Monday. That member would serve until November 28 when either Cary Moon or...
King County Metro Transit has recommended a $2.75 flat fare across its network. King County Executive Dow Constantine has endorsed the proposal and asked the King County Council to enact it. County Councilmembers Claudia Balducci and Rob Dembowski have sponsored the proposal. Despite the momentum a $2.75 flat fare,...
On Saturday morning, The Urbanist was pleased to be joined by Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and dozens of advocates for a walking tour of Rainier Avenue S from Hillman City to Mount Baker. SDOT's Vision Zero Coordinator Jim Curtin described what the agency learned from its rechannelization pilot...
Mayor Ed Murray issued a resignation letter yesterday after a fifth man came forward--this time his cousin--alleging Murray had molested and raped him as a child in the 1970s. Joseph Dyer spoke to The Seattle Times and issued a signed declaration to the lawyer representing Delvonn Hackard, his first...