Transportation

Sunday Video: The Seattle Streetcar Is Back On Track

https://youtu.be/zHKYuOA47jM The Downtown Seattle Association has released as short video celebrating Mayor Jenny Durkan's decision to move forward on building the Center City Connector. The...
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed line in Japan, with Mount Fuji in the background. The Tokaido Shinkansen was the world's first high-speed rail line. (Wikipedia / tansaisuketti)

Inslee Administration Pushes High-Speed Rail Forward

State legislators received a briefing this week on the Washington-led effort to study and plan high-speed rail in the Cascadia Megregion, stretching from Vancouver,...

Metro Will Add New Community Mobility Options in Shoreline and Lake Forest in Early...

King County Metro plans to offer more transportation options to communities in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. Beginning on February 5th, a new Community...

State May Finally Allow Cities to Use Camera Enforcement to Unclog Transit and Intersections

Automated camera enforcement of motorists blocking intersections, transit-only lanes, bus stops, intersections, and even emergency vehicle entries and exits could finally come to Washington....

Positive Train Control Fully Activated on Sounder Corridors

On Monday, Sound Transit announced that positive train control (PTC) has been fully implemented and received certification along the Sounder commuter rail corridors. Sounder...

Durkan Tries for Last Word on SR-99 Tunnel Controversy

Mayor Durkan defends building for car infrastructure even while admitting that "People in Seattle like transit." Viaduct is closed? On the bus, nose in a book I...

Senator Hobbs Proposes a Highway Spending Spree and a Carbon Fee to Fund It

In the state legislature last week, Senator Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) held a listening session on a slate of long-term transportation funding and investment...

Coming Tunnel Off-Ramp Adds to Danger for People Biking on Dexter Avenue

Next week, when the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) opens its new tunnel underneath downtown Seattle as a new SR-99, the northern exit...