Transportation

Rainier Beach and Tukwila Link Stations to Close Saturday to Wednesday, plus Other Weekend...

Weekend construction will delay or reroute several busy transit lines including a Link light rail service interruption that will last into next week. Ongoing...

Seattle City Council Considers the “Right” Level of Vision Zero Spending

As the Seattle City Council gets ready to propose tweaks to Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) budget, at the top...

An Urbanist Vision for Seattle’s Third Avenue

Third Avenue in downtown Seattle is a place where many a plan goes to die, and yet the planning efforts keep stacking up. The...

Seattle Narrows Down List of Permanent “Healthy Streets”

Many neighborhoods were left out and many unsafe, unhealthy streets remain. Ever since Mayor Jenny Durkan announced in 2020 that 20 miles of the pandemic-created...

Pierce County Council Pushes Back on Long-Planned Roadway Expansion

As the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) moves forward on construction of the extension of SR 167 to the Port of Tacoma in...

Seattle Makes Big Federal Ask for Citywide Safety Funds

As traffic fatalities in Seattle follow a national upward trend, the Seattle Department of Transportation is under increasing pressure to make investments that improve...
Peter Kirk Park with Kirkland Urban and construction in the background

Downtown and Rose Hill: Kirkland’s Corridor of Dense New Development

After Totem Lake, a neighborhood that is experiencing a spree of significant growth, the next notable constellation of new commercial and residential development in...

Sunday Video: Can the Best US Bike Cities Compete with Europe?

Dave Amos takes stock of top and bottom US bike cities. Unsurprisingly, the best still fall far short of European cities for biking, but...