The Law of Induced Demand: Road Widening (and I-976) Invites Congestion
The four-billion-dollar-and-counting SR-99 tunnel was supposed to relieve congestion. It's been open nine months, but people getting around on Seattle streets and highways probably...
Downtown Seattle Association Zeroes In on Third Avenue Pedestrian Improvements
Third Avenue is easily the most important transit corridor in all of Seattle. The street carries more than 52,000 passengers on weekdays via bus....
Seattle Squeeze 2.0? SR-99 Tolling Could Divert Traffic to City Streets
Motorists have been able to use the new four-billion-dollar SR-99 Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel for free since it opened February 4th. That will...
Dear State Democrats, It’s on You to Repair the Damage I-976 Has Wrought
In response to the apparent passage of Initiative 976, Washington State's political leaders have begun acting as if they are required to slash public...
I-976 Passed Cutting 175,000 Hours of Metro Bus Service, but King County Planning to...
Perpetual thorn in Washington state government's side Tim Eyman struck again last night. His Initiative 976 (I-976) cutting car tabs to $30 almost surely...
Thomas Street in South Lake Union To Get Traffic Diverter, Protected Intersection
Thomas Street in South Lake Union east of Seattle Center will get several substantive modifications by the end of 2019 to make the street...
New Data Shows Seattleites Are Ditching Their Cars for Bikes and Transit
Last Saturday Gene Balk, The Seattle Times FYI Guy, wrote a column describing how the latest data from the Census showed that car ownership...
Call to Action: Vote No on I-976
Don't stop there. Tell everyone you know to vote no on I-976 as well.
Halloween might be over, but the most frightening day of...