Transit Agencies Ask Feds for $36 Billion to Weather Covid Recession and Keep Projects...
Sound Transit hopes doubling federal funding for Lynnwood Link and Federal Way Link could right their storm-tossed financial ship.
Joining 25 other transit agencies from...
Herbold Announces Retirement Hoping to Pass Baton to Another Progressive
On Friday afternoon, Councilmember Lisa Herbold announced that she is not seeking another term, saying that she hopes to increase the odds that a...
Sound Transit is Not Ready for Its Big Chinatown Station Decision
At a public meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Sound Transit Board of Directors intend to select preferred station locations for the light rail system's...
Seattle Now Has the Right to Levy a 1% Income Tax
On April 3rd, Washington's Supreme Court denied a motion to hear Seattle's income tax case enshrining a lower court ruling that struck down a...
Rising Star Candidates Beyond Seattle
Ally endorsements point to the best urbanist candidates around Puget Sound.
In city council races, The Urbanist Elections Committee only endorsed in Seattle and Bellevue...
Op-Ed: Anti-Speeding Technology Could Have Saved My Son
Lori Markovitz shares how House Bill 1596 could have saved her son by requiring anti-speeding technology for motorists with records of reckless driving. The bill needs to pass the state Senate by Wednesday to avoid a cutoff and become law in Washington state.
Get Those Ballots In!
It's the Monday before election day when polls will close and we will be able to reclaim our Facebook newsfeed for cat videos and selfies. But before...
SDOT Estimates Cost of Delaying Streetcar Project at More Than $10 Million
In case you missed the Friday afternoon news dump, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced she is halting work on the Center City Connector streetcar because...