Sound Transit needs a systematic strategy for closing its $35 billion funding gap. Delivering the expansions promised to voters is possible, but requires political leadership and an appetite for a sea ...

While the upgrades wouldn't happen all at once, and would only go in as other maintenance work occurs, the proposed concept sets a strong baseline for one of the state's most dangerous surface ...

Washington State is forcing Kitsap County to re-do its Comprehensive Plan for lack of low-income housing, ignoring wildfire risk, and neglecting safe streets requirements. The do-over is a chance to ...

Join us for our January socials in Seattle and in Redmond, plus a special North Sound event recapping the 2025 election and ...

Oudburg, a shared street in Ghent, Belgium. Building similar streets is now a possibility for Washington cities following a state law change. (Mark Ostrow) A shared street, as defined by SB 5595, has ...

Before moving ahead with building a second Downtown Seattle light rail tunnel as planned, Sound Transit is taking a second look at putting a third line in the existing tunnel instead. Doing so would ...

Since voters approved West Seattle and Ballard Link in 2016, the two light rail projects have been caught in a perfect storm of factors that led to the eye-popping cost estimates that we have today.

The Seattle skyline view that the Urbanist Election Committee took in as it voted on its 2023 Primary Endorsements. (The Urbanist) It’s that time of the year. Summer is practically half over and we’re ...

One of the more, ummm, interesting complaints about new buildings is that they are “too boxy”–as if their form is somehow foreign and boxy buildings are nonexistent in the history of the city. I find ...

A snazzy cable-stayed suspension bridge is planned over the Duwamish River for the West Seattle Link Extension, a project again headed for massive cost overruns. (Sound Transit) Overhauling the ST3 ...

The release of the city's final environmental review of the One Seattle growth plan is likely to be followed by an appeal, in an attempt to stop neighborhood-level zoning changes. But while an appeal ...

Centrists cleaned up, but progressives have an opportunity to turn the tables next time. The 2023 election did not go the way progressives wanted. Four of five candidates that Seattle Mayor Bruce ...