Yearly Archives: 2018
Sound Transit Board Set to Approve Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Framework
The Sound Transit Board is sitting down to meet right now and will vote this afternoon on a resolution affirming the "Sound Transit Equitable...
Aurora Avenue: Can a Lost Opportunity Be Regained?
Most of us have an attic, or a storage locker, or a closet, or a drawer that is neglected, full of things that we...
AV, I’m Walking Here! Pedestrians and Self-Driving Cars
Unless you work in a factory, an autonomous vehicle (AV) is probably going to be the first physical robot you interact with, and the...
Washington State Ferries Looks Ahead to 2040
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is developing a strategic long-range plan that will span the next two decades. Growth in the ferry system continues to...
SDOT Keeps Unsafe 24th Avenue Design Despite Rampant Speeding and Collisions
After years of disruption on 23rd Avenue through the Central Area, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is finally wrapping up construction on the street...
Neighbors Call Shenanigans on Wallingford Community Council’s “Democratic” Process
Last year members of the Wallingford Community Council (WCC) threw a mock funeral for the "neighborhood voice" at the Seattle Office of Planning and...
A Streetfight in Ballard for Safe Routes to School
Saint Alphonsus Parish and School in Ballard has a tiny streetfight on its hands. It happens almost daily and hasn't attracted much attention--possibly because...
What We’re Reading: America’s Parking Crater, High and Mighty, and YIMBY...
America’s parking crater: This year's winner of Streetsblog's "Parking Madness" competition is Lansing, Michigan.
Recycling thermal garbage: Researchers from Concordia University are looking to create ways...