CascadiaCast Episode 1: Ben Schiendelman
I'm excited to announce the start of a new podcast series for fellow urbanists in the Pacific Northwest entitled CascadiaCast. I'll be sitting down...
Commute Seattle Study Shows Only 31% of Downtown Commuters Drive Alone
Commute Seattle released new survey data,with the help of EMC Research, that shows a growing percentage of Downtown commuters rely on modes other than single...
Hitting all of Seattle’s Protected Bike Lanes in one ride
On the beautiful day of January 25th, I set out on an interesting bike trip: hitting all of Seattle's protected bike lanes in one...
223,000 service hour contract approved by King County Council and Seattle City Council
The Metropolitan King County Council and Seattle City Council jointly approved a bus service contract yesterday to deploy 223,000 service hours in the city...
Relocating a Pronto! station for the sake of political correctness
By now, you've probably read about or seen those green bikes roaming the streets of Seattle from the bikesharing service Pronto! Launched in Fall 2014, 50...
Seattle Adopts Aggressive Vision for Zero Traffic Deaths
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, alongside his police chief and transportation director, announced last week the goal of eliminating all citywide traffic deaths and serious...
ICYMI: Portion of the Burke-Gilman Trail reopens, work continues elsewhere
Last month, we reported on the closure of a western chunk of the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT) near the University of Washington. At the time,...
February 2015 Service Change for Metro, Community Transit, and Sound Transit
On, and around Valentine's Day, King County Metro, Sound Transit, and Community Transit will be implementing their late winter and early spring service changes....