Author: Nathan Vass

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The View From Nathan’s Bus: Shawn Yim and Keeping Transit Safe

Nathan Vass shares his remembrances of fellow driver Shawn Yim, who was murdered during a late-night shift earlier this month. He also urges leaders to prevent future tragedies with robust interventions.

The View From Nathan’s Bus: State of the (Seattle) Union

The most lasting advice I received in art school was to "think about how I think." To question why I respond this or that...

The View From Nathan’s Bus: The Old-Timers

Nathan Vass will be joining The Urbanist Book Club on Tuesday, April 4 at 6pm. Sign up is available here. And you can pick...
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The View From Nathan’s Bus: Doin’ You

Nathan Vass will be joining The Urbanist Book Club on Tuesday, April 4 at 6pm. Sign up is available here. And you can pick...
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The View From Nathan’s Bus: The Glue That Holds Us Together

Was there a soul leftover at the end of this, another nighttime trip on the E Line? I looked in my rear-view mirror. Yes,...

The View From Nathan’s Bus: This Happens Too

“Yes, I have perhaps suffered more than you. Yet I do not succumb to despair.”-Chekhov I prefer to ride in the last train car but...

The View from Nathan’s Bus: Our Fall of Discontent

The world was ending, or so we thought. The malaise people forgot previously existed was once again upon us, a new and bodied thing,...

The View From Nathan’s Bus: Of Dogs and Men

Look at the two of them swaggering onboard, one man tall and the other short, their arhythmic head-bobbing, shoulder-swagging, pimp-rolling gait living out as...