Yearly Archives: 2018
New Documentary Tells the Story of Seattle’s Freeway Revolt
Documentary filmmaker and UW Bothell professor Minda Martin was a recent arrival to Seattle when she first stumbled by accident on the Ramps to...
Community Alliance Urges City to Stop and Rethink the Mercer Mega...
Public land is owned by all of us. City government acts as its steward, ensuring it is managed in the public interest, to benefit...
Breaking Down the SDOT Budget for 2018-2019
The proposed budget for the next two years for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) includes so many different aspects it can be hard...
Sunday Video: Don’t Blame Scooters. Blame The Streets.
https://youtu.be/c2YInNlzMDQ
In this video, Vox looks at e-scooters and the challenges of streets that they must share.
Shake’N’Bake III: Skip-Stopping and Newbies
This is a follow-up to a recent story on sleepers, newbies and working together. Click here for an addendum on sleepers; this follow-up is about newbie drivers and...
Disposition Policy: Let’s Put Underused Public Land to Use as Affordable...
Seattle, King County and the Puget Sound Region is in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis, and we must use every available tool...
Everett Doubles Local Bus Fares
Everett Transit is in the midst of a major restructuring effort for the kind of network and service that the transit agency will provide...
Mayor’s Budget Goes All In on Intelligent Signal Investments
The mayor's proposed budget, released on Monday, increases the yearly budget for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) by nearly $130 million for 2019...