Driving
First Look at Montlake’s Highway Lid and Pedestrian Bridge, Opening This Fall
The yearslong project to transform the area around SR 520 in Montlake is finally set to open this fall, including several exciting bike and pedestrian facilities.
WSDOT Head Millar Wants $150 Million Annually to Fix Washington’s ‘Stroads’
WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar is asking for a dedicated funding source to fix the most dangerous state highways in Washington, laying down a $150 million per year benchmark.
Spokane Just Ditched Parking Mandates. What’s Stopping the Rest of Washington?
Cities across the country are ditching arbitrary requirements around how many parking spaces must be built with new housing, but Spokane is the first major Washington city to take the plunge. Will others follow?
Spokane Poised to Abolish Parking Mandates in Urbanist Reform Package
Spokane is advancing a package of urbanist-minded reforms that would make on-site parking optional for new buildings. It's part of a broader effort to spur homebuilding and reduce car dependency in the Lilac City.
Sunday Video: What’s So Good About Decongestion Pricing
New York City's decongestion pricing program has hit an unexpected roadblock with the state's governor unilaterally imposing an indefinite pause. But decongestion pricing holds...
Sunday Video: How To Retrofit Stroads in the Suburbs
America's suburbs are a land filled with stroads -- street/road hybrids that are expensive to build and dangerous to use. Some communities want more...
Seattle Transforms Alki Point Street with Added Walking and Rolling Space
The newly transformed section of Beach Drive SW has turned walkers and rollers into priority users while still allowing vehicle access. Meanwhile, a coalition allied around parking concerns continues to plot a way to undo the safety project.
Op-Ed: Redesigning Aurora Avenue for Pedestrians, Bikes, and Rapid Buses
SDOT seems to assume Aurora Avenue cannot accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists, transit, cars, and freight simultaneously, but this design proposal that will do just that. In the process, it'd make the deadly corridor much safer for all users.