New Bellevue and Woodinville Eastrail Segments Anticipated to Open in 2021
Underway in the Eastside is an effort to unify isolated railway-turned trails into a regionally unrivaled trail. Named Eastrail in 2019, the planned trail...
Metro Connects Update Could Illuminate Path to RapidRide Buildout
Metro Connects is poised to be updated this year, extending the long-range plan out another 10 years to 2050. Changes under reviewed would add...
Mangan: BRT Plan for Route 48 Could Spur Climate Action and Social Housing
Recently, I proposed a streetcar line down Montlake Boulevard and Sand Point Way as a cheaper alternative to underground light rail expansion through Northeast...
Front and Centered: The Evergreen State Needs a Greener and More Equitable Transportation Package
Throughout the summer and fall of 2020, Front and Centered held listening sessions with organizations of people of color across the state about transportation....
Op-ed: Why We Can’t Support a Transportation Package that Leaves Us Behind
For Cody Shane, getting out of Chewelah can be a challenge. While he can bike around his hometown, Cody Shane can’t drive, and the...
Biden’s Jobs Plan Is Big, but Not Big Enough to Revolutionize Housing, Rail, and...
President Joe Biden released his much anticipated $2.25 trillion dollar jobs and infrastructure plan today. Republican congressional leaders were quick to brand it as...
Ideas in Open Streets: Make Them Permanent, Seattle
Councilmember Strauss looks towards long-term café streets.
Councilmember Dan Strauss is enjoying Seattle’s outdoor dining cafe streets, even outside of his own district. “I love...
Shelving Parking Plans Would Help Keep ST3 Transit on Schedule
Parking is a huge billion-dollar capital outlay in Sound Transit's capital expansion program. Delaying construction of parking as part of new transit projects could...