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Monthly Archives: December 2014

What We’re Reading: A new parklet arrives on Second Avenue

Biking in Bellevue: Bellevue is planning to build out more trail along SR-520 and is reviewing options for bike lanes on 116th Avenue NE. Hail...

The Streets Regard Ferguson

  I try to avoid turning my stories into soapboxing opportunities, and for that reason they're rarely topical in the "breaking news" sense, but I'm compelled...

Puget Sound ferry agencies see new vessels and service

It's been a good year for several of the local ferry-running agencies. They've been blooming with the replacement of their fleets while also implementing and...

Tweet of the Week: Mismatch in style and height is A...

  Last week, yours truly was in New York City. Streetscapes like the one in the tweet below were very typical whether in Manhattan, the...

Exploring mixed use and the human dimension

  On a walk from Fréjus to Saint-Raphaël last week, an elderly man asked us, in French, why I had just taken a photograph of...

ICYMI: The Transit App integrates Uber into app service

Travel options just got better for users of The Transit App. On Monday, the app service was updated to integrate Uber, a ridesharing service,...

Be Nice to That Couple From Frankfurt

  "FUCK YOU," he says as he boards, with such unhinged force I can only find it comical. Fifty-year old East African man in a...

The Importance Of Bikes In Small, Isolated Communities

Back in June, I took a two-week trip exploring the Alaskan Panhandle, visiting cities along the inside passage like Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, and even...