Civics and Culture

Councilmember Strauss looks towards long-term café streets. Councilmember Dan Strauss is enjoying Seattle’s outdoor dining cafe streets, even outside of his own district. “I love...

https://youtu.be/gsh_d3ypnBU Using Cities: Skylines as a comparative, Dave Amos looks at the nuts and bolts of who really plans and manages cities in America. It’s...

https://youtu.be/fhIPaQoJk7U This month, Roger Millar was the guest speaker at The Urbanist's regular meetup. Millar is Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation. He...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NCOFZpZE2Q When Joe Biden became president, he ushered in a completely new era of doing things. And with that, a federal bureaucracy that is more...

Seattle’s unique Democracy Voucher program provides registered voters with four $25 vouchers to donate to eligible candidates. The program has successfully flooded city elections...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZdzbDpftI Amtrak is celebrating the company's 50 anniversary with a look back on past liveries and special commemorative ones that will be painted on trains...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVIYNzY-pE Davos Amos looks at what the proliferation of electric cars means for fueling stations in the years ahead. Will they die away? Will they...

https://youtu.be/jFWHxZpF9rc It turns out that fracking is not as lucrative as it was once thought, Bloomberg Quicktake explains.