Monthly Archives: September 2021
Celebrate Northgate Link Light Rail Expansion with Opening Day Events
It isn't every day that a city welcomes three new light rail stations that will provide thousands of people easy access to the magic...
West Seattle Bridge Agreement Gives Port of Seattle Leverage Over Planned...
As the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) moves forward with plans to repair the West Seattle Bridge, it is working to assemble full funding...
What We’re Reading: No More Raids, Ending Single-Family Zoning, and Secure...
No more raids: Greyhound has made an agreement with Washington's attorney general to stop warrantless and no-cause ICE sweeps on buses.
Planning ahead: Pittsburg's transit...
An Urbanist’s Destination Guide to the Roosevelt Station Area
With the Northgate link light rail extension coming online, tens of thousands of additional daily riders are estimated to use the region's light rail...
The Case for Streetcar Lines to Magnolia and Fremont
In an earlier article, I argued Seattle should expand its streetcar network and ensure high quality service with dedicated transit lanes starting in Belltown....
Midweek Video: Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam via Plan Jokinen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5pbDFDZyI
In the 1960s, Amsterdam briefly was sold on a highway urban renewal project designed by an American planner David Jokinen. It would have destroyed...
Fractures Appear at PSRC as $901 Million in Transit Funding Is...
Pierce County representatives argued that transit riders in their districts are being left behind by the Puget Sound Regional Council and the state.
In what...
Catch Up on Development in the Roosevelt Station Area
When we last covered new development coming to the Roosevelt Station area, the Link light rail Northgate extension was still over two years away...