Transportation

Sound Transit Looks Toward Fare Simplification on ST Express

Sound Transit is considering two fare simplification options for ST Express bus routes. The fare simplification effort is partially related to regional implementation of...

Snohomish County Transit Agencies Propose March Service Changes

Community Transit and Everett Transit are proposing service changes that would go into effect in March. Bus riders can expect very different experiences from...

Sunday Video: The Missing Middle of Transit

Looking around North America, it appears that cities hit a certain size and get rewarded with a catalogue of light rails to choose from....

City Council Funds Continued Work on Downtown Streetcar with Herbold Dissenting

On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted 6-1 in favor of a $9 million appropriation to continue work on the Center City Connector streetcar,...

Eastsiders Turn Out to Support Bike Bellevue Plan

The City of Bellevue is pressing ahead with 15 miles of new on-street bike facilities across downtown, Wilburton, and Bel-Red over the coming years...
Passengers deboarding an Amtrak train at Portland's Union Station.

State Lawmakers Chart Path to Double Amtrak Cascades Service

State lawmakers are signaling intent to improve Amtrak Cascades service with legislation setting a goal of cutting the trip time from Seattle to Portland to 2.5 hours and boosting service to 14 daily trips with 88% on-time performance by 2035. If lawmakers pass the bill, the goal for trip time service north to Vancouver would be 2.75 hours.

Sunday Video: Bike Lanes Are Not Good Enough

https://youtu.be/p36skNda3KE In this video, Dave Amos of City Beautiful highlights why designing bike lanes right are important and how cities across the globe are building...

South Lake Union Is For Cars

Seattle, we need to talk. It's undeniable that we are creating the model for an urban high-tech corridor that eschews the inefficient sprawl that...