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Sunday Video: Camera Enforcement as Lifesaving Technology

Traffic camera enforcement technology isn’t popular among motorists, but there’s a lot of upsides to camera enforcement of traffic regulations, such as speed limits....

Let the Robots Write the Ordinance

Planners have a lot to wrestle with as ChatGPT comes to code drafting. “In the era of rapid urbanization and evolving urban landscapes, the development...

Sound Transit Plans Real-Time Arrival Soft Launch for Light Rail

Real-time arrival information may be coming to Link light rail in the next month or so, sorta. Sound Transit has begun testing of a...

The Urbanist Podcast: An Automation Discussion [Not] Brought 2 U by Chatbots

When Ray pitched the idea to me of doing an episode on automation, the first thing I thought was, of course. Automation, in no...

New “Digital Assistant” and Other Passenger-Facing Technology Ahead for Sound Transit

Sound Transit unveiled plans for a new "digital assistant" and passenger-facing technology program last week. The agency wants to build a single tool that...
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Connecting DNR’s “Many Great Stories to Tell” Through Amazing Social Media

I first encountered the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Twitter account when it popped up on my feed, already uncommon for a...

Sunday Video: A Better Low-Floor Tram?

Reece Martin takes a dive into tram designs and shows the way for a better design approach for low-floor trams. Often, there are drawbacks...

Sunday Video: Crossing The Street Shouldn’t Be Deadly, But It Is

Jason Slaughter highlights how North American streets are designed as deadly spaces for people walking, rolling, and biking. Slaughter compares those streets to ones...