Transportation

Puget Sound Passenger-Only Ferry Ridership Grows in First Half of Year

Passenger-only ferry ridership is growing in Puget Sound, according to recent data from the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC). Both King County Metro's and...

Council Tackles the Right to Sidewalk Access

In the summer of 2017, every single sidewalk in Seattle was visited by a team of interns and assessed: 2,300 miles of sidewalk were...

Mayor Durkan Unveils Plan to Boost Ridehailing Fee to 75 Cents to Fund Streetcar,...

Yesterday Mayor Jenny Durkan revealed her plan to increase Seattle's ridehailing fee by 51 cents per ride and direct the first five years of...

Initial Assessment Results Revive Hopes of Light Rail Station in Heart of Ballard

Sound Transit has some big decisions on the horizon regarding light rail alignments for Ballard Link and West Seattle Link. Having just released Initial...

Northgate Readies for Light Rail’s Arrival

Northgate Link will arrive in 2021, but the neighborhoods around the stations are already transforming. We're going to take a closer look at the...

Washington Should Act to Stem Pedestrian Fatalities with $58 Million from Feds

Every fall, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) traditionally allocates unspent highway funding among all the states. In late August, the FHWA announced that the...

Metro to Roll Out Later Service, Expand 15- and 30-Minute Frequency September 21st

Later this month, King County Metro will roll out more bus service for the tenth time since 2015. Top line improvements include a doubling...
Two fare enforcement officers work their way toward the front of a bus after checking a few riders proof of payment.

Fare Enforcement on First Day of School Reinforces Need for Reform

Sound Transit stepped in it on the first day of school last week. Despite widely cheered plans to provide free transit passes to high school...