SDOT is Planning the Future of the Ballard Bridge
Addressing current substandard pedestrian and bike infrastructure stands out as a top SDOT and community priority for rehabilitation or replacement of the Ballard Bridge.
The...
Sunday Video: The Reason Our Streets Switched To Cul-De-Sacs
https://youtu.be/d9vDcfH03gs
Dave Amos charts the American change from connected grids to the rise of cul-de-sacs, and what’s now being done to counteract their pitfalls.
What Kind of City do We Want to Be? Tacoma and the Arguments Cities...
My summer reading list this year included a debut novel by Seth Fried titled The Municipalists, which CityLab described as “the urban planning Sci-Fi...
Sound Transit Wants Input on Transit Access Project Proposals
Sound Transit plans to spend about $10 million on transit access projects per subarea. A total of five subareas existing within the Sound Transit...
Map of the Week: Cross-Sound Bridges for Highway Pipe Dreams
Seattle has too many urban highways, but it could have had so many more if state leaders had realized all their dreams of highway...
The Koch-Fueled Anti-Transit Crusade Hits Phoenix, Is Seattle Next?
Phoenix, Arizona is about to vote on a ballot measure intended to sabotage light rail expansions. A Valley Metro Rail extension to South Phoenix...
Short Bus Lanes Roll Out on Rainier Avenue This Weekend
Additional bus lanes will be coming to Rainier Ave S to speed up buses and improve reliability and safety. The Seattle Department of Transportation...
Metro Proposes Bus Route Restructures for Kent, Renton, and Auburn, Wants Feedback
In conjunction with the RapidRide I Line planning process, King County Metro is developing a mobility plan to be implemented in September 2020 for...