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Vision Zero Is About Road Design

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been on a marketing blitz lately promoting Vision Zero. There have been Facebook ads, web videos, and...

Comcast New Data Caps Changing Landscape For Municipal Broadband Prospects

Comcast (Xfinity) announced to their customers via email in Washington and 17 other states that effective November 1st, most broadband Internet plans would be...
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Bayview Tower Project Marks A Step Forward in Decarbonizing Buildings

For tenants of large apartment buildings, the prospect of a new water heating system installation can be cause for alarm. Prolonged utility shutoffs present...

Sunday Video: What’s Better Than Open Loop Payments For Transit?

As transit agencies modernize their fare payment systems, digital payment methods are becoming more widespread. Many transit agencies are allowing use of open loop...

Sunday Video: How To Design Streets For Everyone

https://youtu.be/8mh-GTlvf0w Dave Amos talks about how the principle of universal design as applied to street design can make streets better for all users.
Front views of smartphones showing the new digital wayfinding assistant app tool.

Sound Transit To Launch Digital Assistant and Accessible Wayfinding Tools Late This Fall

Sound Transit plans to deliver the first phases of two passenger-facing technologies late this fall. A new digital assistant tool will launch on mobile...

Sunday Video: The Value of Data Sharing

Releasing data captured by government agencies in an accessible way to the public, has the potential to produce interesting insights about city life. Ben...

Sunday Video: All About That Trolleybus

Trolleybuses still exist across many transit systems in North America, but some transit agencies are beginning to cut back on them out of a...