As Sound Transit Weighs Future of Fare Ambassador Program, Data Shows History of Racial...
This month, the Sound Transit Board is set to review its new Fare Ambassador pilot, which replaced the widely criticized fare enforcement program. According...
Legislature Contemplates Changes to Traffic Safety Laws In Face of Pedestrian Safety Crisis
Who should generally have the burden of proving liability in a crash between someone walking or rolling and someone driving a car: the person...
OPA Confirms SPD Orchestrated Proud Boys in the CHOP Hoax, Recommends No Punishment
A Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) report released last week belatedly confirmed what Spekulation and some other activists said happened in the summer...
As Statewide Traffic Safety Emergency Escalates, Seattle’s Vision Zero Department Charts New Path
In the final weeks of 2019, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) was facing down the fact that the city would end the year...
What Everyone Took Away from Seattle’s 2022 Budget
The Seattle City Council approved the City's 2022 budget on Monday after a few dramatic last-minute amendment showdowns. Advocacy groups quickly set to work...
Streetcar and 101 ‘Ghost’ Positions at SPD Survive Budget Deliberations
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has a special privilege granted to no other department in the City. The City allocates funding to SPD for...
Vaccination Surge Shows Employee Mandates Work
The City of Seattle and King County released their final Covid vaccination rates this week as Governor Jay Inslee's October 18th mandate deadline went...
Seattle Police Officers Guild Still Resisting Vaccine Mandate, 32% Haven’t Submitted Proof of Vaccination
Every major public sector union has cut a deal with the City of Seattle to implement the Mayor's Covid vaccine mandate, but the Seattle...