Toshiko Hasegawa announced her campaign for King County Council on January 12. (Hasegawa campaign) Toshiko Hasegawa rolled out her campaign for King County Council on Monday, vying for the District 2 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Sound Transit boardmembers cited the cost of additional delay and impacts on the system's long-term resiliency as reasons to rule out the idea dropping of Ballard Link's planned tunnel under Downtown ...

Katie Wilson's path to victory went through the city's urban centers. Precincts she won are shown in orange. (Map by Jason Weill) Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson just won a very close election, and ...

Corridor-wide bus revamps scheduled to open to riders in six years have been taking ten years to deliver, or more. A new report released this fall outlines the myriad reasons RapidRide lines fall ...

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 ...

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 ...

After pivoting away from an aggressive schedule for battery-bus adoption, King County Metro plans to focus attention on the tried-and-true trolley network. But limited staff, delays obtaining ...

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) ...

The original 58 Sounder railcars, which have been in service since the launch of Sound Transit's first commuter rail line in 2000, will see a full refurbishment to extend their life. The overhauls ...