Amtrak Cascades Stuck in Low Gear, Gets New Rolling Stock
Service on the Amtrak Cascades corridor is likely to remain reduced for quite some time. One daily roundtrip between Seattle and Eugene will continue...
SDOT Inching Toward West Seattle Bridge Repair Plan
Four months into the West Seattle Bridge closure, we do have some answers but plenty of lingering questions, too. The Seattle Department of Transportation...
House Bill Proposes $205 Billion for High-Speed Rail as Part of Economic Recovery
A bill to fund the rollout of high-speed rail across America was recently introduced in the House of Representatives. The proposed policies would get...
Sunday Video: The Fake Facades of Paris
https://youtu.be/iXSkjw0Kytk
In Paris, fake building facades are a surprisingly common urban feature to aesthetically hide certain infrastructure.
WSDOT Supporting Low-Stress Streets and Pop-Up Commerce on State Highways During Pandemic
Washington's state transportation department is launching a temporary program that will make some lower-speed highways available to open streets and commercial uses during the...
Ideas in Open Streets: Bothell, W.A.
Bothell has opened up its Main Street for retail and restaurants in the age of social distancing. For a block of the city’s traditional...
Mayor Proposes Dramatically Scaled-Back Seattle Transit Benefit District Reauthorization
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has finally unveiled her proposal for replacing Seattle's Transportation Benefit District, which currently funds a large segment of King County...
More Ways Than One
Downtown Seattle is more than a central business district. It is a neighborhood 88,000 people call home. This neighborhood has the highest concentration of...