Transportation

Cascadia Needs New Zoning, Not New Cities

Abolishing apartment bans is how we grow as a region, not sprouting entire new cities in pasture. The Cascadia Vision 2050 report made it onto...

Take Part in New West Seattle and Ballard Link Light Rail Open House

Ahead of their mid-2021 release and comment period of the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions' Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Sound Transit has...
Ballard Bridge in a up position to allow a gravel filled barge to go by.

Ballard Bridge Study Builds on Garbage Traffic Forecasts in Interbay

Earlier this month, Ray Dubicki laid out why the Ballard Interbay Regional Transportation Study (BIRT) and its accompanying Ballard Bridge Replacement Study are failures. If...

King County Council Taps Reserves to Avert Deep Cuts in Newly Approved Metro Budget

On Tuesday, the Metropolitan King County Council approved a $2.67 billion biennial budget for King County Metro. The budget will provide funding for the...
The southbound bike lane on the University Bridge with the I-5 Bridge in the background.

Pedersen and Herbold Come Up Short in Effort to Swipe Car Tab Revenue for...

The Seattle City Council has been powering through their budget votes in marathon days this week, and Councilmember Alex Pedersen tried to sneak a...

Mayor Chooses Repair Option with Expected Mid-2022 West Seattle Bridge Reopening

Mayor Jenny Durkan’s decision is now official: Seattle will repair rather than replace the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge. The decision comes just shy of...

Judkins Park to Mount Baker Bike Route Takes Shape

Like a planned safe bike route running the length of Beacon Hill that we wrote about earlier this week, the Seattle Department of Transportation...

City Unveils Site Plan for Green Lake Community Center Redevelopment

On Monday, Seattle Parks and Recreation (Parks, for short) released a preliminary site plan for the new Green Lake Community Center as part of...