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...
Eleven Ways Adaptive Signals Frustrate, Discourage, and Endanger People Who Walk
Things don’t always work as planned. That certainly must be the feeling at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) after the rollout of high-tech...
Sound Transit Begins Replacing Aging Escalators, Starting with Chinatown Station
Elevators and escalators at the Chinatown station will all be new by 2026 following phased replacements.
Sound Transit officials have approved the first phase of...
Microsoft’s $500 Million Pledge Has Set the Bar for Tech Industry
Technology centers like the Bay Area, New York, and Seattle are becoming unaffordable for all but the wealthiest. What responsibility does the tech industry...
Sunday Video: Autonomous Vehicles
Earlier this year, Jeff Speck, urban planner and author of Walkable City, gave a presentation to American mayors on the topic of autonomous cars....
Why I’m An Urbanist
When I was four years old, I wrote a letter to Mother Nature. Signed, sealed, and delivered to the boulder in our suburban front...
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...
Transit App 4.0: Transit Navigation Revolutionized
Transit App continues to pioneer what it means to be a transit app. Now entering its fourth generation, the smarty-pants app developers have revolutionized live...