Sunday Video: Why Dutch Bikes Are Better

https://youtu.be/aESqrP3hfi8 Not Just Bikes explains how Dutch bikes are so practically designed and why they work well for city living.

Why the Port of Seattle Is Needlessly Flooding Belltown with Exhaust Fumes

In February of 2020, with the coronavirus impacting the cruise industry in Asia, there was a brief moment when it looked like the Seattle...

Sunday Video: Cities Aren’t Loud, Cars Are Loud

https://youtu.be/CTV-wwszGw8 Not Just Bikes explores noise in cities and the impacts to people. A key point of the video is just how much noise cars...
The Port of Seattle and the Seattle waterfront. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Long Awaited Industrial Land Use Reform Nibbles Around the Edges

For over a year, committees of local business and labor representatives have been working to develop a strategy for Seattle’s industrial and maritime lands....

Sunday Video: What Happens After A City Removes A Freeway?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4WDCc_UHds Dave Amos of City Beautiful visits Seattle's waterfront and looks at what is happening as it transforms from having an elevated highway running through...
A map of the Seattle Subway's vision map of a light rail system made of seven lines that would cover much of the city.

Lots of Love for Transit at the Seattle Subway Mayoral Forum

Seattle Subway and co-sponsor Seattle Transit Blog, both members of the MASS Coalition alongside The Urbanist, held a mayoral forum focused on the topic...

Sunday Video: Suburbs That Don’t Suck – Streetcar Suburbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0 Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes talks suburbs and how not all are the same. Slaughter particularly emphasizes how streetcar suburbs and suburbs that...

Meetup Video: March 2021 with Colleen Echohawk

https://youtu.be/_7v6YTAZ9MQ Seattle Mayoral candidate Colleen Echohawk joined The Urbanist for the March monthly meetup. During the meeting, she discussed wide-ranging priorities that she would pursue...