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...
Seattle Subway Promotes Aurora Avenue Light Rail with New Renderings
Light rail on Aurora Avenue just seems like a great idea, and Seattle Subway has the pictures to prove it. Today, the all-volunteer-run organization...