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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Hitting all of Seattle’s Protected Bike Lanes in one ride

On the beautiful day of January 25th, I set out on an interesting bike trip: hitting all of Seattle's protected bike lanes in one...

Mayor Murray Remarks on Seattle’s Achievements and Challenges

In his annual address, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray remarked on the city's significant progress towards some of its goals and made a number of...

Mayor Murray wants to see you at his U District community...

On Saturday, Mayor Ed Murray and other city officials will be in the University District for a community walk on February 21. Billed as a...

223,000 service hour contract approved by King County Council and Seattle...

The Metropolitan King County Council and Seattle City Council jointly approved a bus service contract yesterday to deploy 223,000 service hours in the city...

Shoreline Planning Station Areas for Future Light Rail

For many, Shoreline is just another suburb of Seattle with quiet streets, ample single-family housing, and auto-oriented shopping centers. But peel back a bit...

Plain I See You, Western Youths

  I'm doing lunges at Henderson, down and up the inside of the coach, when a girl in sweats and horizontal zebra stripes comes forward, tentatively...

Relocating a Pronto! station for the sake of political correctness

By now, you've probably read about or seen those green bikes roaming the streets of Seattle from the bikesharing service Pronto! Launched in Fall 2014, 50...

Seattle Adopts Aggressive Vision for Zero Traffic Deaths

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, alongside his police chief and transportation director, announced last week the goal of eliminating all citywide traffic deaths and serious...