South King County Pilot Shows Promise of Guaranteed Basic Income
In 2020, King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay initiated the King County Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot program, which was funded by community service operating grant...
Sound Transit Decrees ‘Tile-mageddon’ Service Disruptions Due to Maintenance Work
On Tuesday, Sound Transit made a surprise announcement that the agency would be embarking on months of maintenance work on the Link 1 Line...
Can Sound Transit Salvage Excellent Seattle Light Rail from Messy Early Plans?
Stakeholders are demanding more information from Sound Transit, as is the Harrell Administration, as it unveils its alignment preferences.
Sound Transit is planning Seattle's light...
Seven Maps That Capture Seattle’s Segregation
Though incorporated as a city after the Civil War, Seattle has a North-South divide. The North is wealthier, whiter, and healthier than the South....
Bainbridge Island Creates Plan to Shift Visitors and Residents Out of Their Cars
Bainbridge Island, a 65-square-mile city of about 25,000 residents boasting hourly ferry service to and from Seattle, is an incredibly popular destination for tourists...
Decommission an Arterial Street in Queen Anne? Not So Fast
Residents near Florentia Street, on the north slope of Queen Anne hill, have an urgent but common complaint: people drive too fast on their...
How Old Is Seattle?
The short answer is 153, but the long answer is that we are too young to act this old.
Seattle was founded in 1851...
Reopen Tacoma’s Broadway to People
Transforming Broadway into a plaza would create a world-class pedestrian space in the heart of Downtown Tacoma.
Urban explorers, or really any attentive pedestrians,...