The Year of Car-free Streateries
As our city starts to open back up, several issues are becoming quite apparent in our urban villages. In many, there is inadequate space...
Uber Pulls the Plug on Jump Bikes After Buying Stake in Lime
Seattle once again finds itself without bikeshare. On Friday, Uber pulled the plug on its JUMP app after hitching its bike wagon to its...
Will the Pandemic Mark a Turning Point for Safer Streets in Seattle?
Across the world cities are taking bold measures to make it safer to walk and bike for transportation during the COVID-19 epidemic and beyond....
Bridge Closure Is a Chance for Sustainable Transportation to Thrive in West Seattle
In what proves to be an unpredictable year, the communities of West Seattle, SoDo and the Duwamish Valley were shocked by the sudden closure...
130 Miles of Open Streets Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
The Urbanist has been urging the City of Seattle to pedestrianize streets and create a safe biking network for years, but the pandemic has...
Seattle’s Densest Neighborhoods Need Open Streets Too
On Friday, when the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced its third set of streets open to people walking and rolling, calming them for...
Stay Healthy Streets Expands in Ballard, Lake City, Aurora, and Delridge for 20 Miles...
Walking, rolling, or biking through Seattle got a little easier thanks to another expansion of the Stay Healthy Streets program. The Seattle Department of...
Protected Bike Lane on MLK Way S Heads to Survey Phase
One of the final things that safe cycling advocate Mike O'Brien did before exiting the Seattle City Council at the end of last year...