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Monthly Archives: June 2016

Central District Community Crosswalks Coming Soon

Last year, residents in the Central District spray painted four crosswalks in Pan-African flag colors on the heels of nearly a dozen Capitol Hill crosswalks getting...

Make Pike/Pine Better For People

Last August, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) experimented with turning one of the city's busiest nightlife corridors into a pedestrian zone: on three...

Map Of The Week: Ballard Building Inventory

The Ballard Historical Society has completed their crowd sourced, street inventory of Ballard buildings built before 1965. The survey area extends from 8th Ave NW to the...

Sunday Video: ReThinkNYC Rail

A local group in New York City—ReThinkNYC—wants to remake the face of the urban rail network in the region. ReThinkNYC's premise comes down to...

What We Are Reading: A Diet That Really Works

A (Road) Diet That Really Works:  Early data shows that Rainier Avenue (the city's most deadly street) has seen 15 percent fewer collisions, 31...

Vision Zero Is About Road Design

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been on a marketing blitz lately promoting Vision Zero. There have been Facebook ads, web videos, and...

Comment On Changes To Routes 3 And 4

King County Metro announced on Thursday that they are going forward with their plans to re-route the northern end of the 3/4 buses to...

Midweek Video: Lid I-5

Late last month, our own Scott Bonjukian participated in Capitol Hill Housing's annual community forum, called Gearshift 2016, to present the concept of freeway lids...