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Advocates Urge City to Open More Streets to Pedestrians and Cyclists During the COVID-19...

Last week Rainier Valley Greenways and Safe Streets (RVGSS) submitted a letter to the Seattle City Council and Mayor Jenny Durkan requesting that the...
Time Square is a good place to avoid pandemic or no. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Don’t Blame Density for Pandemics

If you're a newspaper columnist or governor of New York, a pandemic is a great time to trot out medieval myths, repackage them like...

West Seattle Bridge Closes for Emergency Repair Work as Governor Issues Stay at Home...

The West Seattle Bridge is closed until further notice. Mayor Jenny Durkan said the bridge "cannot safely support vehicular traffic at this time" at...

Transit Cuts Are On The Way for Every Corner of Seattle

Yesterday King County Metro announced broad service cuts affecting nearly every route starting on Monday March 23, while Sound Transit is also reducing service...

Doing Journalism in Pandemic Mode

These obviously aren't normal times. The economy is teetering, election systems are straining, and hospitals are preparing for a deluge of cases. Many parts...
Rows of buses with the I-90 ramps and Seattle skyscrapers in the background.

Transit Agencies Step Up Sanitation Efforts and Issue Guidance for Preventing Spread of Novel...

With news that novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading within King County and has already claimed five lives, local agencies are stepping up efforts to...

P-Patch Rescue Obscures Raw Deal on Seattle Center’s Mercer Garage

There may not have been a better illustration of the degree to which transportation planning for the new Seattle Center arena is weighted toward...
A vertical farm proposed in Seoul seeks to bring fresh organic food closer to consumers. (Courtesy of Zoubeir Azouz Architecture)

An Urbanist Case for Vertical Farming

Today, common agricultural practices come with significant environmental costs. The sector depletes fresh water supplies, occupies large swathes of land, and emits major greenhouse...