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Transportation

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...

New State Highway System Plan Offers Escape from ‘Glide Path to Failure’

WSDOT wants to quit its highway expansion ways and adopt a fix-it-first policy. Will the legislature listen? Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Secretary Roger...
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A Guide to Transit-Oriented Running in Seattle

Great transit can open up a city for runners of all abilities. Transit is a marginal consideration, if it's one at all, for most runners....

How Will Sound Transit Manage Future Service Disruptions with Two Overlapping Lines?

With another "Future Ready" maintenance project coming down the pike in January, it raises a big question for the future: What should riders expect...

Design Flaws Prompt Changes to Capitol Hill’s Melrose and Pike Intersection

Bollards are on the way to protect pedestrians. When the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) wrapped up installation in mid-2022 on what had been intended...

Seattle City Council Rejects Transportation Impact Fee Push

Homebuilders won a brief reprieve with council opting to delay its impact fee push -- for now. The Seattle City Council declined to approve a...

Route 40 Bus Upgrades Reach Full Design, Despite Business Pushback

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has reached full design on a set of upgrades to Route 40, one of the city's busiest crosstown...