Car Activist Revolt Hangover: Living with the New 35th Avenue NE
Now that we’ve had the new, definitely not improved 35th Ave NE for about six months, it’s time to take stock in how it has...
Mayor Durkan Cancels 35th Ave NE Bike Lanes, Caves To Anti-Safe Streets Advocates
Behind closed doors earlier today, recently appointed director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Samuel Zimbabwe, interim transportation advisor to Mayor Jenny Durkan,...
The Promise and Potential Pitfalls of Google’s Smart City in Toronto
Sidewalk Labs is Google’s (ahem, Alphabet’s) secretive department focused on developing ‘smart cities.’ In 2017, the company was awarded an opportunity to reimagine the...
Looking for the Future of Transportation at the Consumer Electronics Show
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is “the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace.” More than 180,000 people attend, and about...
The War on Pedestrians
It’s 7:30am on a weekday. I’m jogging along 1st Avenue from downtown into Pioneer Square on my way to SoDo. As I make my...
Mediation Meltdown: 35th Avenue NE Still Needs Mayoral Leadership
After more than a year of contentious wrangling over proposed safety improvements to 35th Avenue NE, mediation between two local groups is now over...
Car Activists See 35th Avenue NE as a Blueprint to Thwart Safety Upgrades
“You’re a liar,” an enraged, middle-aged man shaking a red sign with the words “SAVE 35th” in white block letters screamed as a young...
How Electric-Assist Bikes Will Make More People Ride
A few weeks ago, a group opposed to adding bike lanes to a North Seattle arterial tweeted out, “Single mothers don’t commute to work...