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‘I’m Always on the Bus’: How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle’s Next Mayor
"I really think that our public transit system is such a big part of people's daily experience of government," says the incoming mayor of the Emerald City.
December 12, 2025
Elise Stefanik Wants to Be Governor — Yet Says Nothing About Transit
Elise Stefanik’s campaign launch suggest her intent to use the MTA as a political pawn to stoke fear, not maintain and expand transit.
November 10, 2025
Katie Wilson’s Success in Seattle Shows Again that Urbanism Is A Winning Campaign Issue
The advocate's strong early performance in Seattle's mayoral primary — following Zohran Mamdani's similar triumph — shows what you can do when you focus on transit.
August 22, 2025
League of What Now? ‘Conservation’ Group’s Endorsement Criteria Are Bizarre
How could a venerable environmental group endorse a candidate who was a "no" on City of Yes and lukewarm on congestion pricing?
April 28, 2025
Congestion Pricing is Back — But Why Did It Ever Go Anywhere in the First Place?
The gridlock governor threw herself a celebratory press conference on Tuesday and tried to explain why this time she really did support the traffic toll.
November 14, 2024
Opinion: How to Make Half the Country Oppose Safe Streets
Framing Vision Zero as pro-Democrat and anti-Republican alienates potential allies.
Andy Boenau
September 27, 2024
House GOP Leaders Try to Sneak Massive Transit Cuts into the Budget
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again to cut transit funding.
August 18, 2024
Opinion: Democrats Are Calling Trump and Vance ‘Weird.’ Let’s Do the Same for Car Dependency.
Is it time to make automobility weird again?
Clive Lawrence
August 2, 2024
Podcast: GOP’s ‘Project 2025’ is ‘Based on a Lot of Ignorance’
What does Transportation for America's Beth Osborne think of the transportation portion of the Heritage Foundation's playbook for a Trump presidency?
July 24, 2024
Safety for McGuinness Blvd. Was a Winning Issue for Greenpoint Pols
Safety foes convinced Mayor Adams "the community" opposed the effort, but Tuesday's election results begged to differ.
June 28, 2024
