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...
Sunday Video: Introducing Avelia Liberty
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (Boston-New Haven-New York City-Philadelphia-Washington, D.C.) is slated for modern trains built by French train manufacturer Alstom. Up to 28 new trainsets...
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...
Sunday Video: Why Don’t We Have More Double-Decker Buses?
North American transit agencies are discovering double-decker buses, but there's often a lot of excuses for why they aren't more common. Reece Martin looks...
Holiday Video: What’s Wrong With Gas Stoves?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2aZUav-54&t=573s
Climate Town takes on the topic of gas stoves and the natural gas industry. Is it time to bury those stoves and the industry?
A Data-Driven and Technological Approach to Parking Management: Seattle’s 2015 Fall Pay Parking Rates...
Seattle takes a very data-driven approach to paid parking rates and restrictions throughout the city. Each year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) conducts a...
Ultra High-Speed Surface Transportation Feasible in Washington, State Report Suggests
A feasibility report on ultra high-speed surface transportation in the Cascadia region was released two weeks ago. The $300,000 study was commissioned by the...
King County Council Wants Fewer ‘Ghost’ Buses and Better Data Collection
King County Metro has improved its delivery of scheduled trips over the past several years, but the King County Council wants to better track unplanned trip cancellations or “ghost” buses and improve communications with riders.