Doug Trumm
@metropolitanglide.bsky.social
Publisher of The Urbanist. Seattleite. Walk, bike, ride transit, housing abundance for all. Views here my own. 🚶♀️🚴♂️🚎🐈
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I chatted with Erika Evans a few days ago to discuss her vision for the Seattle City Attorney's office.
NEW STORY // Evans Trounces Republican Seattle City Attorney, Shares Plans for Transition
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/e...
Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/e...
Evans Trounces Republican Seattle City Attorney, Shares Plans for Transition » The Urbanist
# Seattle City Attorney-elect Erika Evans chatted with The Urbanist about what's next after her resounding victory in the November election, unseating Seattle's lone Republican office-holder.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I chatted with Erika Evans a few days ago to discuss her vision for the Seattle City Attorney's office.
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NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
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Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race » The Urbanist
# Progressive challenger Katie Wilson now leads incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell by a razor-thin 91-vote margin after another batch of votes were counted Monday. Wilson appears well-positioned to...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
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We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
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NEW // Katie Wilson Pulls Within Two Points of Harrell in Friday Count
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
Wilson Pulls Within Two Points of Harrell in Friday Count » The Urbanist
# Urbanist-endorsed progressive challenger Katie Wilson gained significantly on incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell in Friday's count, pulling within two points, a 4,300-vote gap. With around 50,000 votes r...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
NEW // Katie Wilson Pulls Within Two Points of Harrell in Friday Count
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/w...
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NEW STORY // Sound Transit Selects Private Bus Operator for Stride BRT Network
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/s...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/s...
Sound Transit Selects Private Bus Operator for Stride BRT Network » The Urbanist
# The $433 million contract with MV Transportation extends through 2032, and includes full start-up costs for the three Stride lines. It's the first time that Sound Transit has contracted with a priva...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW STORY // Sound Transit Selects Private Bus Operator for Stride BRT Network
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/s...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/s...
The Life After Cars book tour has arrived in Seattle.
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Life After Cars book tour has arrived in Seattle.
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Progressives are poised to flip the balance of power in Burien, with Sam Méndez poised to win the open seat, Rocco DeVito on track to beat incumbent Stephanie Mora, and the council's two left-leaning incumbents - Sarah Moore and Hugo Garcia - likely to retain their seats.
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Progressives are poised to flip the balance of power in Burien, with Sam Méndez poised to win the open seat, Rocco DeVito on track to beat incumbent Stephanie Mora, and the council's two left-leaning incumbents - Sarah Moore and Hugo Garcia - likely to retain their seats.
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Sitting in the back corner with the press corps
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Sitting in the back corner with the press corps
Huge turnout for Katie Wilson's election night party in Beacon Hill. She's the frontrunner hoping to take down incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Huge turnout for Katie Wilson's election night party in Beacon Hill. She's the frontrunner hoping to take down incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
Zohran Mamdani has got this.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Zohran Mamdani has got this.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
He's up 8 points with 60% of votes tallied, per AP News. The NYC Mayor race could also be a bellwether for Katie Wilson in Seattle.
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I’ve known & worked with Katie for almost a decade. I’ve watched her unfailingly fight for the needs & rights of working class people in Seattle. I’ve found Katie next to me at canvasses, at picket lines, & at City Hall, & always on the right side of things. Vote Katie Wilson. She’ll fight for YOU.
Vote! Already did? Text or call your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers. We can win this! #thisisyourcity
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve known & worked with Katie for almost a decade. I’ve watched her unfailingly fight for the needs & rights of working class people in Seattle. I’ve found Katie next to me at canvasses, at picket lines, & at City Hall, & always on the right side of things. Vote Katie Wilson. She’ll fight for YOU.
College-age Harrell was pro economic justice / wealth redistribution. At some point in amassing his $15 million fortune, he became less so.
found this old Harrell clip and I wonder where did this earnest guy go?
The Harrell we have is detached, vindictive, entitled. When he went into politics, he had purpose.
now that’s he’s mayor whenever he’s involved he makes whatever it is worse.
His motivation now is stay mayor. Why? He can’t say
The Harrell we have is detached, vindictive, entitled. When he went into politics, he had purpose.
now that’s he’s mayor whenever he’s involved he makes whatever it is worse.
His motivation now is stay mayor. Why? He can’t say
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
College-age Harrell was pro economic justice / wealth redistribution. At some point in amassing his $15 million fortune, he became less so.
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NEW STORY // Sound Transit CEO Lays Out Approach to Second Seattle Rail Tunnel
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/29/s...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/29/s...
Sound Transit CEO Lays Out Approach to Second Seattle Rail Tunnel » The Urbanist
# 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...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW STORY // Sound Transit CEO Lays Out Approach to Second Seattle Rail Tunnel
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/29/s...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/29/s...
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NEW // Wilson Maintains Lead over Harrell, Two New Polls Indicate
Story by Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org
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Story by Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org
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Wilson Maintains Lead over Harrell, Two New Polls Indicate » The Urbanist
# Progressive challenger Katie Wilson continues to have the edge in the highly competitive Seattle mayoral race, despite a large fundraising advantage for corporate-backed incumbent Bruce Harrell. Two...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
NEW // Wilson Maintains Lead over Harrell, Two New Polls Indicate
Story by Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org
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Story by Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org
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Still not over Mayor Bruce Harrell wanting a 10 foot wall with an AI MLK, Jr. so you could ask him what he had for breakfast.
This seems fake but it's completely real: Audio of Seattle's current Mayor dreaming of a giant computer-simulated Martin Luther King, something the King family has explicitly asked people not to do.
Big thanks to Erica Barnett for being the only reporter in town covering these events so closely!
Big thanks to Erica Barnett for being the only reporter in town covering these events so closely!
October 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Still not over Mayor Bruce Harrell wanting a 10 foot wall with an AI MLK, Jr. so you could ask him what he had for breakfast.
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NEW // Rinck Launches ‘Better Bus Lanes’ Campaign with Transit Advocates
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org //
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Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org //
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Rinck Launches ‘Better Bus Lanes’ Campaign with Transit Advocates » The Urbanist
# Flanked by a crowd of transit advocates, Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced a
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October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
NEW // Rinck Launches ‘Better Bus Lanes’ Campaign with Transit Advocates
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My analysis of the new proposed SPOG contract is now available @theurbanist.org. There's a lot going on with this contract!
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/h...
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Harrell and SPOG Rush Police Contract, Hamstringing Civilian Responders, Accountability Agencies » The Urbanist
# While the Seattle Police Officers Guild scored a big raise and new benefits, the new labor contract negotiated by Mayor Bruce Harrell will continue to hamper the City’s new civilian crisis response ...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My analysis of the new proposed SPOG contract is now available @theurbanist.org. There's a lot going on with this contract!
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/h...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/h...
Yesterday, @councilmember-amr.bsky.social and transit advocates rolled out a campaign demanding better bus lanes, starting with Denny Way, Aurora Avenue, and Rainier Avenue.
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yesterday, @councilmember-amr.bsky.social and transit advocates rolled out a campaign demanding better bus lanes, starting with Denny Way, Aurora Avenue, and Rainier Avenue.
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Occidental Ave at the stadiums is getting a makeover ahead of the World Cup. Plans for tactical urbanism have advanced as the first "People Streets and Public Spaces" project funded by the new transportation levy, but have mostly taken shape behind closed doors.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/s...
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SDOT Plans ‘Tactical Urbanism’ on Occidental Avenue Ahead of World Cup » The Urbanist
# Occidental Avenue is the first major
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October 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Occidental Ave at the stadiums is getting a makeover ahead of the World Cup. Plans for tactical urbanism have advanced as the first "People Streets and Public Spaces" project funded by the new transportation levy, but have mostly taken shape behind closed doors.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/s...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/s...
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Listening to Bruce Harrell on the campaign trail, you'd never know that traffic fatalities in Seattle have actually increased during his term as whole and that last year was the deadliest year on city roads in decades.
Bruce Harrell: "When...I won the job, we still lived in a city by which cars are fighting with bikes and bikes are perhaps competing with transit, and people looked at the different forms of transportation and they didn't talk to each other very well."
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Listening to Bruce Harrell on the campaign trail, you'd never know that traffic fatalities in Seattle have actually increased during his term as whole and that last year was the deadliest year on city roads in decades.
Wild that it's been 10 years since my first article with @theurbanist.org!
October 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Wild that it's been 10 years since my first article with @theurbanist.org!
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NEW // 2025 General Election Endorsements
Read @theurbanist.org election committee's take on a very consequential election. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/2...
Read @theurbanist.org election committee's take on a very consequential election. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/2...
2025 General Election Endorsements » The Urbanist
# The Urbanist Elections Committee is excited to announce our 2025 general election endorsements, which span the region from Tacoma to Everett. Be sure to vote by November 4.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW // 2025 General Election Endorsements
Read @theurbanist.org election committee's take on a very consequential election. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/2...
Read @theurbanist.org election committee's take on a very consequential election. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/2...
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King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski wants Metro to explore going fare-free, advancing a proviso that would pilot dropping fares on at least two routes in 2027. But data from other cities suggests the move is a distraction from a focus on service expansion.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/d...
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Dembowski Pushes Fare-Free Pilot at King County Metro » The Urbanist
# The idea of a fare-free pilot on several Metro routes, to be implemented in 2027, came about as fares have shrunk as a percentage of Metro's overall sources of revenue. But the data suggests that dr...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski wants Metro to explore going fare-free, advancing a proviso that would pilot dropping fares on at least two routes in 2027. But data from other cities suggests the move is a distraction from a focus on service expansion.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/d...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/d...
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Great article by @amysundberg.bsky.social about how the Seattle Public Schools board rejected a plan to station an armed cop inside Garfield high school -- and how documents show Harrell's office is considering expanding the program to 15 other schools...
Last week, the Seattle Public Schools Board rejected a year-long pilot program to install a police officer inside Garfield High School in a 5-2 vote. School board directors cited a chaotic process, community distrust, and a need to finetune the plan.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/s...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/s...
Seattle School Board Rejects Bringing Police Officer Back to Garfield » The Urbanist
# Last week, the Seattle School Board rejected a year-long pilot program to install a police officer inside Garfield High School in a 5-2 vote. School board directors cited a chaotic process, communit...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Great article by @amysundberg.bsky.social about how the Seattle Public Schools board rejected a plan to station an armed cop inside Garfield high school -- and how documents show Harrell's office is considering expanding the program to 15 other schools...
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NEW // Dembowski Pushes Fare-Free Pilot at King County Metro
By Ryan Packer
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/d...
By Ryan Packer
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/d...
Dembowski Pushes Fare-Free Pilot at King County Metro » The Urbanist
# The idea of a fare-free pilot on several Metro routes, to be implemented in 2027, came about as fares have shrunk as a percentage of Metro's overall sources of revenue. But the data suggests that dr...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
NEW // Dembowski Pushes Fare-Free Pilot at King County Metro
By Ryan Packer
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/d...
By Ryan Packer
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/15/d...