Transportation

Seattle’s Drive Alone Rate Downtown Plummets as Walking to Work Ticks Up

Seattle's center city neighborhoods are adding jobs at an astounding rate but Seattle's streets downtown aren't getting wider. Something has to change, and the...

Less Is More: Why Two Wheels Are Better Than Four

“Can you fix it?” the customer asked, his hand on the bars of an electric scooter. The middle-aged mechanic knelt in oil-stained overalls to...

Scoping Begins: Weigh In on Ballard and West Seattle Light Rail Extensions

Sound Transit has formally started its scoping process to develop alternatives for light rail extensions to Ballard and West Seattle. The public has a...

Long Planned Fauntleroy Boulevard Revamp Put On Hold

A massive overhaul to one of West Seattle's main arterials that had been planned since 2012 and long envisioned by the neighborhood was suddenly...

Seattle City Council Approves Affordable Housing Plan for Uptown Site and Ped Plan

Yesterday, the Seattle City Council signed off an ordinance that could bring up to 100 more affordable housing units to Uptown. The city council...

Map of the Week: Cascadia Rail

On Monday, a new advocacy organization called Cascadia Rail announced itself to the world, piquing interest with their spiffy map by maestro cartographer Oran...

Biking in Magnolia and Interbay Got a Lot Easier with Recent SDOT Project

Biking in Magnolia and Interbay has gotten much better. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) recently added buffered cycletracks to local streets. The project...

Sunday Video: Friends of the Benson Trolleys

https://vimeo.com/221306699 Take a step back in time to the golden age of streetcars in this video. Campaigners to restore the historic Benson waterfront trolleys share...