I-405 Stride Update Could Shave Another 13 Minutes Off Morning Bus Commutes
The arrival of Stride, Sound Transit's bus rapid transit (BRT) brand, on I-405 is still four years away, but recent project refinements could mean...
Battery Portal: A New Park for Belltown
It's official, Belltown is getting a new park at the Battery Portal Site as part of the Waterfront Seattle project. At about three acres,...
Changing Freeway Names Offers Path to Removing I-5 from Downtown Seattle
The interstate is dead. Long live the spurs.
As we work towards resolving the fate of highways in Seattle, there is some administrative closet cleaning...
State Commission: Replace Gas Tax with Road Usage Charge, but Keep Highways-Only Earmark
From February 2018 through January 2019, Washington state tested out a possible replacement program for the gas tax known as the "Road Usage Charge"...
The Case for Burying I-5 in a Deep-Bore Tunnel
Interstate 5: It's ugly, ubiquitous, and almost universally hated. It's a wall that separates one side of Seattle from the other. It's noisy and...
The Law of Induced Demand: Road Widening (and I-976) Invites Congestion
The four-billion-dollar-and-counting SR-99 tunnel was supposed to relieve congestion. It's been open nine months, but people getting around on Seattle streets and highways probably...
Seattle Squeeze 2.0? SR-99 Tolling Could Divert Traffic to City Streets
Motorists have been able to use the new four-billion-dollar SR-99 Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel for free since it opened February 4th. That will...
Lidding I-5 Declared “Technically Feasible” by Consultant Team
An important milestone in the Lid I-5 technical feasibility study has been reached. Data collected by engineering firm WSP indicates that it is structurally...