21+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1132+ words) Rub'n Casas believes that the lack of connected, walkable neighborhoods may be helping to spur the "epidemic of loneliness." Speaking at a January 30 forum hosted by transit advocacy organization Tacoma On the Go, Casas,who is an associate professor at…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (606+ words) In Tacoma, we apply different standards to dealing with private property stored in the right-of-way: if you're homeless, you and what is yours are targeted for removal. If you're a motorist, we say "stay." As of September 2024, the City has…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (897+ words) Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at…...