Sound Transit gave reporters a sneak peak at the three new light rail stations set to open in Kent Des Moines, Star Lake, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Light rail riders will see out-of-service trains running between International District-Chinatown and Lynnwood as the next major milestone for testing on the full 2 Line. Long promised and approved by ...

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 ...

The new Manito Six apartments in Spokane will provide badly needed infill housing on a small lot. But in Seattle, the deck is stacked against buildings like this. (Matt Hutchins) The stacked flat, a ...

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 ...

$2 million in existing funding would be earmarked to provide left turn access to a preschool used by Rob Saka's family if the budget proviso is approved. (Google Maps) Seattle Councilmember Rob Saka ...