Opinion

The View From Nathan’s Bus: Remembering Why We Love Trolleys

Electric trolley buses remain the premier zero-emissions bus technology. They outperform trendy, newer battery electric buses for several reasons that Nathan Vass lays out.
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Op-Ed: How Mobile Villages Could Tackle Seattle’s Homelessness Emergency

To fill in the gaps in the continuum of care for unhoused neighbors, the Seattle region should deploy mobile tiny house villages, argues Taiwo Adeptun. Managed mobile villages of tiny homes can rotate between eligible locations, providing a rapidly deployable option to get homeless people inside.
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How Mayor-elect Wilson Can Hit the Ground Running, Walking, Rolling, and Biking

Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson’s transportation platform is bold and visionary, and she will need ongoing community support to achieve it. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways shares some ideas on how she can get started. 
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Book Review: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore

Road to Nowhere author Emily Lieb is speaking at Elliott Bay Books on November 20. Here's a sneak peek at her book, which covers the plight of the Rosemont neighborhood of West Baltimore, as it was victimized by grand highway schemes.

Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design

Four case studies show how Seattle's new middle housing zoning incentives align with demographic shifts to meet housing demand.
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Op-Ed: Ferguson Must Back ‘Stand Up to Trump’ Rhetoric with Funding

The Trump administration is gutting health care, child care, and food stamps. John Burbank argues Governor Bob Ferguson should immediately call a special session of the Washington State Legislature to fund services that the federal government has cut by taxing the corporations and billionaires bankrolling Trump.
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In Last Stand, Harrell Intensifies Negative Attacks on Wilson

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has increasingly staked his reelection bid on going negative on challenger Katie Wilson. But the desperate attacks have blowback potential. Here's why.
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Op-Ed: Opioid Treatment Nurse Shares Why They Support Katie Wilson

An opioid treatment nurse shares why they support Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor and trust her to address interlinked crises around housing, homelessness, and opiate addiction.