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.
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council's transportation committee will consider a proposal to continue work on the Center City Connector by authorizing $9 million in engineering work. The proposed funding mechanism is an inter-agency loan from the Information Technology department, backed potentially by proceeds from the sale of the...
Light rail is making its way north, and the neighborhoods around Mariner and Ash Way Park and Rides in unincorporated Snohomish County are in its path. Nestled between Lynnwood and Everett, this area is already among Snohomish County's densest, and it represents a big opportunity for further transit-oriented development....
Ridehailing behemoth Uber released a study Wednesday looking at the effect that decongestion pricing would have on Downtown Seattle. Turns out it would decongest it. Peak car trips would drop 7%, and automobile travel times to and from downtown at peak times would drop 30% with dynamic tolling topping...
On Monday, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) released a Ultra-High Speed Ground Transportation Business Case Analysis that shows considerable upside for connecting Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, British Columbia with trains potentially reaching speeds of 250 miles per hour.
Among the benefits is the potential to forestall future...
The Seattle City Council voted 8-0 Monday to pass accessory dwelling unit (ADU) reform, making it much easier to add a backyard cottage and/or an attached in-law apartment in a single family lot. The bill included a single family home size limit-- colloquially known as a McMansion ban--that will...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously backed a Seattle Green New Deal framework to address the climate emergency. A day later, Seattle Subway unveiled a new "ST4" campaign, seeking to put some transit meat on the bones of the Green New Deal framework and to expand upon the...
A growing chorus is calling on the City of Seattle to build social housing atop some of the 528 acres of public land that we currently dedicate to golf courses and operate at a loss. But already that movement has attracted some illustrious detractors. Former Seattle City Councilmember Nick...
The Seattle City Council candidate forums hosted by the Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) coalition zeroed in on transportation and housing issues and revealed not all races were created equally.
The District 4 (D4) forum displayed a considerable consensus around adding density in single family zones and making streets...