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 Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is hosting its national conference in Seattle this year and its kickoff event tonight is free and open to the public. The topic is "Suburbanization of Poverty" for the panel at Benaroya Hall from 6pm to 8pm.
The full conference is for paid attendees only,...
Remember how I profiled competing Pierce County plans earlier last month to help or hurt farmland? Well, two weeks ago, the Pierce County Council finally weighed in on a final proposal to address the full-year public process on protected agricultural lands. That proposal? Do nothing.
Yes. Do nothing. After a...
Philip Wohlstetter has been stirring the pot in Seattle for quite some time.
In the 1980s Wohlstetter helped launch Invisible Seattle, an artist-led effort to redefine Seattle through projects such as the eponymous collaborative novel formed by interviewing people on the streets.
Now Wohlstetter is turning his efforts to "Red May", a month dedicated to...
On Thursday, Ryan Packer wrote that "South Lake Union Is For Cars" based on the Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDOT) rather Sisyphean efforts to reduce traffic congestion on Mercer Street. After previously spending $140 million to upgrade the street, SDOT recently invested invested millions more in so-called "smart" technology of...
Update: This story has been corrected to reflect that the City of Seattle does not require private developers to spend 1% of their budgets on art. The program applies to public projects, such as parks, libraries, community centers, and bridges; it stipulates 1% of eligible city capital improvement project...
Cary Moon: Eli Sanders interviewed our newest mayoral candidate Cary Moon revealing some details about her platform.
Turning Blue: Can Democrats turn Eastern Washington blue if 2018 blue wave? Heidi Groover said yes after spending the day with Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart who's already campaigning against Rep. Cathy...
Early Wednesday morning a detachment of about 15 Seattle Police Department officers dispersed a group of people camped inside Black Dot, which is located within the Midtown Center in the Central District. Focused on serving Black entrepreneurs, the community space had already faced intimidation tactics and been pressured with eviction. Black...
Former Mayor Mike McGinn declared Monday he's joining the race and seeking a rematch against Mayor Ed Murray, who beat him by 8,500 votes in 2013. It's not just Murray and McGinn in the race. Lawyer/poet/activist Nikkita Oliver might have something to say about that. Plus, a fourth major...