Transportation

Top Urbanist Action: Support MASS Green Sheets, Racial Equity Analysis of Urban Village Strategy

The Seattle City Council is frantically putting a final budget together with a big day of hearings on Wednesday November 14th. The Move All...

Car Tabs Was Not a GOP Cudgel: Democrats Dominated in Sound Transit Taxing District

Ultimately, Washington State Democrats did not pass a bill lowering car tab valuations last session despite Republicans and drive-time conservative radio hosts driving a...

As Mayor’s Budget Adds Police, SPD Data Shows 911 Calls Massively Tilted Toward Traffic

This month, the Seattle Police Department released a new tool for Seattle residents to get an idea of how many "calls for service" the...

Sound Transit Proposes Changes to Service for March 2019

Sound Transit is proposing a host of tweaks to service in the recently released 2019 Draft Service Implementation Plan. Several of the proposed changes...

Metro and Sound Transit Propose Major Bus Restructure on the Eastside

King County Metro and Sound Transit are proposing a significant restructure to routes on the Eastside, which would affect communities stretching from Bellevue to...

University District Mobility Plan Would Pedestrianize The Ave and NE 43rd St

Earlier this month, the U District Mobility Group released a station area mobility plan detailing short-, mid-, and long-term strategies to change how people...

Montlake SR-520 Expansion Contract Comes in $30 Million Over Budget

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will pay a contracting firm $455 million to complete the next phase of freeway expansion through central Seattle:...
A school crosswalk busy with students and parents in a sea of cars.

Car-Based School Commutes Hurt Families with Kids

To create more equitable outcomes, the needs of parents with school-age children must be better addressed in future transportation solutions. At 8am any given school...