Link Alone Is Insufficient, Puget Sound Needs Regional Rail, Too
Puget Sound is investing heavily in large transit expansion projects like light rail and bus rapid transit. These are critically important for moving people...
Elevate Cricket in Incoming Bellevue, Kirkland, and Seattle Parks Levies
Move aside pickleball, it's time to give another rapidly growing sport in the Puget Sound the limelight. “Cricket has seen an exponential growth in...
Canopy-Heavy Green Streets Hold the Key to Climate-Proofing Mobility
Last month, Urbanist reporter Ryan Packer wrote about how the massive SR 99 tunnel project in Seattle is bleeding money due to traffic being...
How to Rescue South Bellevue Station from Suburban Asphyxiation
From a transit-oriented development perspective, in the nearly $3.7 billion East Link light rail extension, the most shameful station area, by far, is around...
Let’s Throw Shade on Aurora Avenue
Street-end plazas would create space for trees, community, and safety on one of Seattle's hottest, and most dangerous, streets for pedestrians.
Last week was...
Ambitious Planning and a Decade of Growth Are Transforming Downtown Bothell
Downtown Bothell is a growing city center with a unique history that defies many suburban stereotypes, while still running up against the challenges of...
Harrell Picks LA’s Gregory Spotts To Be Next SDOT Director
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Wednesday that he has selected Gregory Spotts to be the next director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)...
SR 99 Tunnel is Bleeding Money as Toll Revenue Forecasts Plunge
The state treasurer's office brought some bad news to the Washington Transportation Commission this week regarding the revenue forecast for the Washington State Department...