Sound Transit Weighs Fare Enforcement Reform, New Name for University Street Station
It was a busy week at Sound Transit headquarters. Agency staff briefed regional policymakers on a range of topics from Connect 2020 progress to...
Sunday Video: What Is Cancer Alley?
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Vox explains how environmental racism through public policy and private actions can lead to environmental health catastrophes for people of color. Coronavirus is killing...
CARES Act Provides Puget Sound Transit Agencies $554.8 Million in Emergency Funding
Transit agencies and riders alike in the Puget Sound can breath a sigh of relief, now that the federal government is providing emergency funding...
Sunday Video: Design For Good
AIGA Seattle is hosting their housing for homelessness installation in Occidental Park today as part of the Seattle Design Festival. In this video, they...
Sunday Video: The Innovative Way Ghent Removed Cars From The City
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Officials from Ghent talk about how their circulation plan helped transform the city to a higher walking and biking mode share in a very...
Incentive Zoning Helps Bring In $45 Million For 809 Affordable Apartments
Seattle's Office of Housing is set to make the largest annual investment to affordable housing in its history, as Mayor Ed Murray's office announced...
City Council Passes Tax on Vacation Rentals Like Airbnb
Seattle will tax short-term vacation rentals like Airbnb. But a formal regulatory framework for them still remains uncharted.
On Monday, the Seattle City Council delayed...
Fare Enforcement on First Day of School Reinforces Need for Reform
Sound Transit stepped in it on the first day of school last week.
Despite widely cheered plans to provide free transit passes to high school...