Sound Transit’s 2022 Service Plan Rests Heavily on Boosting Staffing Levels
Staffing levels at transit agencies continue to remain a challenge due to pandemic impacts. That could mean parts of Sound Transit's 2022 Service Plan...
Seattle Expands Free Transit Passes to All Middle Schoolers
Seattle is now offering all public middle school students in Seattle free transit passes through the ORCA Opportunity program. This builds upon a program...
Transit-Oriented Development Planned for Kent/Des Moines Station, Additional Feedback Sought
Two surplus lots are up for redevelopment at the future Kent/Des Moines Station. Sound Transit has about four acres of land that it wants...
Pandemic Impacts Force Pierce Transit Service Reductions
Pandemic impacts are lingering and hitting transit hard as operator shortages persist. Pierce Transit has announced a round of temporary service reductions because of...
Midweek Video: Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-v2-qyCc8
Not Just Bikes takes on the issue of how cities often throw a lot of money at bad car infrastructure. Through the lens of...
Tacoma Needs a Better Sounder and Streetcar Expansion
As a regular reader who lives in Downtown Tacoma, I’m always excited to see articles that address the challenges and opportunities in our city....
Updated Federal Road Standards Manual ‘Enshrines Dangerous Practices into Law’
Public records search suggests new Congressional requirements related to designing safer streets for walking and biking went unheeded.
Shortly before former President Trump left office,...
Sunday Video: Why Are We Still Widening Highways in US Cities?
https://youtu.be/NcUx5r_ksk8
Dave Amos explains why it’s so hard to oppose highway expansion projects and why highway expansions are so pervasive in America, even though highway...