Transportation

ST Board Names New Tacoma Link Stations, Orders More Streetcar Vehicles

The Sound Transit Board of Directors have decreed formal names for stations on the Tacoma Link extension and purchased five more streetcar vehicles. The extension...

Metro Is Proposing “Bus Hubs” For Off-Street Layover Space

Many transit riders are familiar with curb space on streets being used as bus layover space. King County Metro Transit has hundreds of bus...

Calling Presenters for TCC’s Transit Talks on December 14th

Each quarter Transit Talks, hosted by Transportation Choices, brings together experts, urbanists, and transit wonks in the Puget Sound to discuss hot button transportation...

PSRC Seeking Comment on $17.5 Million in Grants for Bike and Pedestrian Projects

On Thursday, the Puget Sound Regional Council released a slate of proposed bicycle and pedestrian projects for public comment that the agency plans to fund....

King County Changes Metro Bus Fare Structure for 2018

Fares on King County Metro Transit will change to a flat $2.75 next year. The Metropolitan King County Council adopted an ordinance on Monday...

Protected Bike Lanes Guard Cyclists from Pollution

As a relatively new cyclist and resident of South Seattle, the recent The Urbanist piece about the downgrading of protected bike lanes frustrated me. The...

Sunday Video: Bicycle and Transit Markings

https://youtu.be/jYUdIfx9r0g Seattle’s City Traffic Engineer, Dongho Chang, explains why Seattle has various types of bicycle and transit markings and how they work.

South Lake Union is for Pedestrians

In April, I wrote about the failure to turn Seattle's high tech corridor in North Downtown away from being a car-centric office park and...