Transportation

Seattle Wins Major Federal Grant for Citywide Safety Upgrades

On Monday, Senator Maria Cantwell's office announced that the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been selected to receive over $25 million from the...

A “Multimodal Hub” Comes Together at Colman Dock

On a quiet weekday in November, daily passengers at the Washington State Ferries' Colman Dock stopped using a makeshift terminal to board ferries to...
People walk and bike on a wide street painted with yellow lines.

Report Ranking US Metros Shows Walkable Urbanism Pays Dividends

Despite negative pandemic rhetoric, demand for walkable urbanism remains high, creating a source of untapped potential growth in cities across the country. Take a moment...

How Grenoble Resurrected Its Trams

The French Alpine town was offered a quirky alternative and turned it down. Even in the United States, there was a point in the early...
A light rail train approaches a station where a string quartet plays.

Tacoma Link’s Theater District Station Reaches the End of the Line

Tacoma has a major extension of Sound Transit’s T Line streetcar to look forward to over the coming year: the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension...

Washington Reconsiders 2030 Target Zero Goal in Face of Increasing Traffic Violence

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission held a difficult conversation last week around its longstanding goal of ending fatalities and serious injuries in traffic by...

Liias and Reed Introduce Bill Requiring Midrise Zoning Near Rapid Transit

"This is the year for bold progress to make sure everyone has a home," Sen. Marko Liias (D - Edmonds) said in a tweet...

Amtrak Cascades to Chart Next 20 Years of Service

Participate in the online survey and influence decades of future Amtrak Cascades passenger rail service. Work has begun on the first phase of the Amtrak...