Tacoma Mayor-Elect Anders Ibsen and Councilmember-Elect Latasha Palmer chatted with The Urbanist about their campaign wins and early plans for office. (Courtesy of campaigns) Tacoma Mayor-Elect Anders ...

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. To fill in the gaps in the ...

Road to Nowhere author Emily Lieb is speaking at Elliott Bay Books on 20. Here's a sneak peek at her book, which covers the ...

Gathering before the Sound Transit board's retreat Thursday, transit advocates unified their message to the board with: "Build the damn trains!" (Ryan Packer) Leaders from transit advocacy ...

The change, which has already been implemented in cities like Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma, has been associated with a significant drop in observed high-end speeding. The Bothell City Council pushed ...

When Sound Transit launches its first Stride lines in 2028, they'll be the first transit services handled by a private contractor. (Sound Transit) A Sound Transit board committee Thursday gave the ...

Welcome to 15th installment of The Urbanist’s crossword series! If you love to take a contemplative moment with a brain-teasing puzzle, but you’re tired of nationally syndicated crosswords with no ...

Urbanist-endorsed Katie Wilson prevailed in a close Seattle mayoral race. She has set her sights on better outcomes on public safety and homelessness. (Doug Trumm) Katie Wilson now leads incumbent ...

On July 17, Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson rolled out the endorsement of PROTEC17, a labor union representing more than 10,000 city workers in the Seattle region. Momentum continued to build ...

A couple hundred supporters gathered in Beacon Hill for Katie Wilson's election night party. Wilson trailed on election night, but by a margin close enough to be within closing distance with a ...

This November, voters picked Erika Evans to be the next Seattle City Attorney in a landslide victory. (Evans campaign / EB4 Photography) In the November election, former federal prosecutor Erika Evans ...