Transportation
City Council Set to Empower Seattle’s Freight Board to Water Down Safety Projects
A Strauss resolution would give the freight board more oversight and chance to block changes to truck streets.
An under-the-radar resolution moving through the Seattle...
West Seattle Water Taxi To Maintain Summer Service Levels Year-Round
King County Metro's passenger-only ferry between West Seattle and Colman Dock at Pier 50 will mostly see summer sailing service maintained year-round. That means...
Morales Proposes Adding Sidewalks to Seattle’s Complete Streets Ordinance
One in four Seattle blocks lack sidewalks, but a new bill would require that significant repaving projects add or repair them.
In 2016, after the...
Bellevue Seeks Public Feedback on 15 Miles of New Bike Infrastructure
People who bike (or want to bike) in Bellevue now have the opportunity to influence the build-out of a basic bike network in the...
Two Hundred Plus Turn Out for Urbanist Bike Ride on Lake Washington Boulevard
Featured guest Ray Delahanty of CityNerd was a big fan of the Lake Washington Boulevard open street.
On Saturday, The Urbanist hosted a bike ride...
Tacoma Celebrates the Opening of the Hilltop Streetcar Extension
The mood was jubilant during the ribbon cutting, but 12-minute peak frequencies fall short of promises.
On Saturday, Tacoma leaders cut the ribbon on the...
Seattle’s Waterfront Bike Path Comes Into Focus, Narrower Than Past Promises Suggest
Late changes to add curving nine-foot-wide bottlenecks and remove bollards will hinder the new bike path.
On Seattle's waterfront, visitors are now able to get...
Sunday Video: The Insane Ways Traffic Engineers Try to Make Streets ‘Safe’ for Walking
In this CityNerd video, Ray Delahanty tackled the various bells and whistles traffic engineers use on street crossings so as to not provide actually...