Sound Transit gave reporters a sneak peak at the three new stations at Kent Des Moines, Star Lake, and Downtown Federal Way. Check out the station designs and their custom artwork ahead of the grand ...

Welcome to 17th 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 ...

Located next to Othello Station, Nichols Court is the latest addition to LIHI's growing portfolio. (LIHI) A handful of new affordable housing complexes in the Central District and South End are ...

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) Now that its hard-fought mayoral ...

Following an intense debate over the future of Sammamish's fledgling Town Center area in this month's elections, three growth skeptics are set to join the city council. Now the question is just how ...

The Urbanist Podcast is back after a hiatus, just in time to break down 2025 election results. In this episode, Urbanist publisher Doug Trumm and reporter Amy Sundberg discuss what happened in Seattle ...

With several vacancies opening up on the 18-member Sound Transit board, a West Seattle Link "visioning event" this week looked to many like an audition. Facing huge cost pressures, the project could ...

Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson believes she'll be judged primarily by how she can improve outcomes on homelessness and public safety. In an interview with The Urbanist, Wilson laid out what she aims ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

To illustrate their opposition to expanding Seattle's surveillance pilot program, one resident donned a CCTV costume as they gave their public comment in Seattle Council Chambers. (Seattle Channel) ...