WSDOT Supporting Low-Stress Streets and Pop-Up Commerce on State Highways During Pandemic
Washington's state transportation department is launching a temporary program that will make some lower-speed highways available to open streets and commercial uses during the...
Ideas in Open Streets: Bothell, W.A.
Bothell has opened up its Main Street for retail and restaurants in the age of social distancing. For a block of the city’s traditional...
More Ways Than One
Downtown Seattle is more than a central business district. It is a neighborhood 88,000 people call home. This neighborhood has the highest concentration of...
Seattle Planning Scaled Back Benefit District Transit Boost, with Car Tabs Blocked
Transportation funding is in serious peril due to a perfect storm, but there could be help on the horizon. The storm started in November...
Sunday Video: Should Cities Keep Open Streets After The Pandemic?
https://youtu.be/WWRBnDNbAR4
Dave Amos argues why open streets being rolled out during the pandemic should be made permanent.
SDOT Budget Cuts Miss the Point
On Wednesday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced a series of “paused” transportation projects to respond to the economic fallout from the Covid...
SDOT Announces Four More Miles of Open Streets Plus Lake Washington Boulevard Pilot
Yesterday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced another expansion of its open streets program, adding pedestrian and cycling priority on neighborhood streets. Joining...
Lime Relaunches Bikeshare in Seattle with 500 Jump Bikes
Today Lime Bikes announced it had relaunched bikeshare with about 500 bikes, making Seattle the second city where Lime has relaunched bikes. The bikes...