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Sound Transit To Buy New Buses for Stride BRT, But Some Could Be Lemons

Sound Transit plans a mix of articulated and double-decker buses for Stride, all of which will be battery-electric. Sound Transit is poised to move forward...

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...