Transportation

Real-Time Information Signs Going Live On Route 44 Soon

Later this month, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will flip the switch on newly installed real-time information signs (RTIS) in North Seattle. Between Ballard and the...

Sunday Video: The Tweeting Traffic Engineer Improving Seattle’s Streets

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Dongho Chang is a Seattle Department of Transportation traffic engineer who at the crack of dawn, rides his bike across the city to investigate tweets to...

The Tale of An Epic Transit Failure

"Where we're going, we don't need roads." If you saw a large good-looking man with a duffel bag sprinting through Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood in desperate...

Woonerf in Northgate?

A new mixed-use project in the Northgate area may include a new “woonerf” as part of the site design. The imagery from the design documents...

Crisis Averted: Long Live Carbon Reduction and Multimodal Funding

A bit more than a week ago, Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) announced that he would enact sweeping regulatory changes on carbon emissions by using existing executive authority....

A Data-Driven and Technological Approach to Parking Management: Seattle’s 2015 Fall Pay Parking Rates...

Seattle takes a very data-driven approach to paid parking rates and restrictions throughout the city. Each year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) conducts a...

Community Transit Sends Transit Expansion Measure to Snohomish County Voters

Snohomish County has an opportunity to vastly improve bus service if voters pass a sales tax in November. A sales tax increase of 0.3%...

What’s the Most Important Acronym on Seattle Streets?

The Seattle ROWIM or Right Of Way Improvement Manual may be the most important acronym guiding the development of Seattle streets today. How wide are sidewalks...