Transportation

Lidding I-5 in Downtown Seattle: The Time To Act Is Now

Amid Seattle's rapidly growing inner neighborhoods remains the urban scar of I-5, a massive concrete and steel ribbon that is the lasting legacy of...

In Search of a Sensible Sound Transit Expansion Plan

Seattle Subway has proposed an alternative to Sound Transit 3 (ST3) called "STcomplete" that would double the project timeline from 15 to 30 years...

STcomplete Q&A with Seattle Subway

On Wednesday, I sat down with Jonathan Hopkins, the Political Director for Seattle Subway. Last July Seattle Subway released a bold proposal for Sound Transit’s...
Rendering of Stadium Way near Division Ave. (Sound Transit)

Initial Design Concepts for Tacoma Link Expansion

Sound Transit is entering the final design process for the Tacoma Link Expansion project. The design process is meant to be a thorough undertaking...

Community Transit to Add New Service in March 2016

Community Transit is set to make service improvements to the local and commuter bus network in March 2016. This comes on the heels of...

Tukwila Makes Targeted Transit and Pedestrian Improvements Near Southcenter

The City of Tukwila has delivered a series of pedestrian and transit facility improvements near Westfield Southcenter, a major regional shopping mall. The bulk of the...

Woonerf Watch: Capitol Hill Edition

A street improvement project that is about to start construction this winter on Capitol Hill might take a lot of people by surprise, mostly...

Highway Mission Creep

Last week, I wrote about the progress of the highway funding bill through Congress. A few politicians—Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Rick Santorum—don't want...