How Will Emerging Mobility Technologies Reshape Seattle’s Right-of-Way?
Meet Veemo, an electric assist vehicle that advertises itself as "bike share meets car share." From a legal and technical standpoint, Veemo is an...
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...
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.
Why Municipal Broadband
In light of the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decisions on Net Neutrality and the ending of restrictions on local governments offering Internet services...
Transit App Update Adds Dockless Bikeshare
The makers of Transit, a multi-modal transportation information application (app) for smartphones, pushed out a modest but useful update this morning for dockless bikeshare....
Digital Advertising Coming To Sound Transit Link Stations As Soon As Spring 2022
Digital advertising is a fact of life in most major transit systems across the globe, especially at rapid transit stations. Generally, digital advertising is...
Sound Transit Launches New Link Real-Time Arrival Information at Stations
Link light rail passengers just got a big improvement. On Tuesday, Sound Transit launched new real-time arrival information at light rail stations to provide...
Transit App Gets Modest Year-End Improvements in Version 4.3.2 Update
Last week the Transit app got an update just in time for the holidays. App improvements include expansion of branch cards in all markets,...