Sound Transit Preps 2024 Budget Updates Facing a Strained Financial Plan
Sound Transit is in the midst of its budget season when agency policymakers decide on priorities for next year and manage the agency's long-term...
Seattle’s Second Highway Lid over SR 520 Is in Trouble
A 70% cost overrun is jeopardizing the Roanoke lid and the bike and pedestrian benefits it would bring.
A megaproject that was set to transform...
Seattle’s Pioneering Bike Cop Experiment
An excerpt from my new book, Heartbreak City, shows how Seattle kicked off a nationwide bike policing trend.
A distant frontier city that had only...
Sunday Video: Chicago’s Big Mistake In Selling Its Paid Street Parking
Chicago sold its on-street paid parking spaces for a small proportion of their value for decades. The city, however, is reeling from that fundamental...
Northup Connector Opens, Offering Direct Connection Between Eastrail and 520 Trail
Eastside officials and multimodal transportation advocates broke the ribbon Friday on a small but incredibly valuable new connection between the Eastrail and the State...
Metro Flex’s Mixed Bag of Reviews May Impact Its Future
In March, King County Metro launched Metro Flex, an on-demand neighborhood van transit service. With a handy app, users can book rides to destinations...
Seattle Is Building a Citywide Bike Network That Cannot Handle Its Own Popularity
Seattle's climate plan calls for doubling bicycling, but SDOT is not building its bike facilities to handle the load.
To bike to Climate Pledge Arena,...
Amtrak Cascades Launching Two More Daily Seattle-Portland Trips on December 11
Two new daily roundtrips on Amtrak Cascades between Seattle and Portland will start on Monday, December 11. The extra trips will help fill out...