Monthly Archives: February 2015
Combining Driving and Transit to Save Time
The introduction of bike-share, car-share and ride-share systems has made urban transportation increasingly multi-modal enabling users to complete different parts of their journey with...
South Lake Union Woonerf Moves to Full Council
Woonerfs are designed to be living streets, giving space for pedestrians and bicyclists along slower moving cars. They feature traffic-calming measures such as curbless,...
Over 90% of Seattle’s New Buildings Are Mixed-Use or Multi-Family
The City of Seattle released new construction data on January 15th and it shows a remarkable amount of new building. There were 8,311 housing...
Seattle Transportation Committee Approves Metro Service Agreement
Seattle is poised to add more than 200,000 service hours to city bus routes in two rounds of service change, June and September, thanks...
Seattle Invites Tech Community to ‘Hack’ Transportation
The City of Seattle and Commute Seattle launched a "Hack the Commute" project on Tuesday, bringing together partner agencies and local technology companies to...
Seattle Bike Activists Launch Major Infrastructure Campaign
On Saturday, January 31st, a coalition of local non-profits kicked off a grassroots campaign to accelerate construction of 250 additional miles of key Seattle...
Event: Save the Northgate Bridge!
As we previously reported, the Northgate Pedestrian Bridge project is $15 million short of the $25 million needed for design and construction. Sound Transit and...
House Gives First Nod to Swift II Expansion
On Monday, the House Transportation Committee voted to expand Community Transit’s revenue authority to help restore deep service cuts and fund an expansion of the...