What's Next for Washington State Housing Advocacy
Last week, we published an oral history of Washington State's missing middle housing bill. Creating this episode involved interviewing several of the lawmakers and advocates, like Representative Jessi...
2 Juni 202329min
The Oral History of HB1110, Washington's Middle Housing Bill
In this year’s legislative session, the Washington State Legislature passed extensive housing reform. House Bill 1110 compelled many cities in Washington to open up single-housing residential zones to...
26 Maj 202352min
How to Crush a Housing Project the Seattle Way
In this episode, civil engineer and Urbanist contributing writer Donna Breske discusses her experience with the frustrating hurdles posed by the permitting process in Seattle with podcast host Ray Dub...
20 Maj 202345min
The Urbanist's Tuesday Talk with Sound Transit's Julie Timm
Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm was our guest for The Urbanist's monthly talk series. Timm took the reins in September after coming out on top in a national CEO search to replace Peter Rogoff. She left h...
16 Maj 20231h 22min
Your Guide to City Ranking Lists
We get a lot of news-ish emails about ranking cities in lists. Whether it's the best cities for strange hats or the metros one can find the most left handed plumbers, there's a list for everything. ...
12 Maj 202339min
A New Approach for Seattle's Industrial Zones
This week Ray Dubicki and I chat about the policy changes that have been proposed for Seattle's industrial zones. These policies have been in the works for a long time and are finally coming up for co...
6 Maj 202333min
WA Legislative Heroes and Zeroes 2023
In this week's episode, podcast host Ray Dubicki discusses the Heroes and Zeroes of the recent state legislative session with Urbanist Executive Director Doug Trumm. Heroes and Zeroes is a standing t...
29 Apr 202346min
The Urbanist Podcast: What We're Reading.
Sometimes we feel a modicum of shame that we're not reading enough books. As the pile on the nightstand gets taller, the guilt grows. There's absolutely no reason for that to be the case. Many of us s...
21 Apr 202340min
