Natalie Bicknell Argerious
Natalie Bicknell Argerious (she/her) is a reporter and podcast host at The Urbanist. She previously served as managing editor. A passionate urban explorer since childhood, she loves learning how to make cities more inclusive, vibrant, and environmentally resilient. You can often find her wandering around Seattle's Central District and Capitol Hill with her dogs and cat. Email her at natalie [at] theurbanist [dot] org.
Sound Transit has announced a big milestone for the expansion of Link light rail in the Puget Sound region. The Lynnwood Link Extension is officially 50% complete and on target to open on schedule in 2024. At a press conference held in front of the busy construction site for...
As a child, I watched a documentary at school about Arcosanti, a utopian city in the desert founded on the idea that environmental sustainability and community life should be the top priorities in a city's design. While Arcosanti made a big impression on me at the time, to call...
Three years ago, Seattle voters approved the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy, which included funding for two years of free community college to seniors graduating from Seattle Public Schools. Since then the Seattle Promise program has been brought to scale. This year it will serve an estimated 1,100...
A recent poll of Seattle voters found strong support for pedestrianizing streets and adding protected bike lanes and bus lanes. Respondents highly rated the value of increasing street safety and make it easier to get around without a car. At a press conference held on a café street in...
The $1.2 trillion package includes more than $7 billion for Washington State transportation infrastructure -- most of it highways.
On Monday, surrounded by lawmakers from both Democratic and Republican parties, President Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which the administration touted for its bipartisan...
Seattle needs a transportation network that can better adapt to the unexpected.
Update - 12pm, 11/14/21, the University Bridge has been reopened for use.
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is working to repair damaged electrical equipment which has caused the University Bridge to be stuck in an upright position...
Last week, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced that it had "refined" its earlier design of the stretch of the planned Burke-Gilman Trail running on Shilshole Avenue in Ballard known as the "Missing Link." On the whole, it would be more accurate to say the trail design has...
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