Transportation

SDOT’s New Curbspace Access and Parking Proposal for Uptown

With the arrival of the revamped and expanded KeyArena as Climate Pledge Arena later this year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has proposed...

Seattle Needs to Leverage Its Bus Network

When it comes to the spotlight for transportation projects and upgrades, buses never get the publicity. To most, a bus is boring. It is a...

Sound Transit Puts Equitable TOD and Bathroom Policy Reform Front and Center

Sound Transit is making good on a policy directive to expand bathroom access to facilities and equitable transit-oriented development (TOD) commitments in Seattle. The...

24 Deaths in 2020 Show Seattle Still Falling Woefully Short of Vision Zero Pledge

On July 26th of last year, a three-year-old boy was killed while sitting in a parked car that was struck by a box truck...
Lorena González smiling in a headshot photo.

Lorena González Envisions a More Equitable City in Mayoral Bid

If you haven’t heard by now, Council President M. Lorena González is running for mayor. González is a known quantity in Seattle government and governance....

Midweek Video: 15 Thing You Didn’t Know About City Planning (Probably)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Walx0iQZfiY Dave Amos rattles through 15 things in urban planning that you may not have known.
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Mayor Durkan Proposes $23.7 Million in Transit Investments with I-976 Defeated

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan presented a spending plan on Monday for the funds collected and held in reserve during I-976 litigation. The Mayor's proposal...
A women charges an electric sedan.

Macri Bill Proposes Banning New Fossil Fuel Cars in 2030

All new cars sold in Washington in 2030 or thereafter would be electric if House Bill 1204 or senate companion bill Senate Bill 5256...