Transit

The Unfinished Promise of the Center City Connector

Pioneer Square has the most to potentially lose--but also gain--from the connection of Seattle’s downtown streetcar lines. During her daily commute into Pioneer Square...

Madison Could Earn Bronze-Standard BRT

Relative to other medium-sized American cities, Seattle has a good bus network. What it doesn't have is a true bus rapid transit (BRT) line....
Dow Constantine at a podium

Sound Transit CEO Preps Agency-wide Realignment to Keep Expansion on Track

Sound Transit's newly announced "enterprise initiative" is needed to respond to financial pressures expected to impact system expansion plans. But the work is expected to be broader than past financial restructures, where project delay was the most noticeable outcome.

King County Urges Residents to Wear Face Coverings in Public, Pledges to Provide 115,000...

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, people have watched the world around them transform in unexpected ways, but for many Americans the sudden...

A Peek Inside the Northgate Link Light Rail Station

Yesterday, we showed you inside U District Station, and now here's Northgate. On October 2nd, Northgate Station will become the northern terminus of Sound...

Extra Vashon Water-Taxi Trips Extended, Bremerton Fast Ferry Could Face Cuts

King County will continue offering 10 daily round trips on weekdays between Vashon and Downtown Seattle through 2027. Meanwhile, service levels on the Bremerton fast ferry are still being negotiated.

The Density-Frequency Guarantee

My job as a dog walker and pet sitter takes me all over the city. I am car-free and rely mostly on transit, supplemented...
A Route 1 bus stops next to the University of Washington Tacoma campus.

Tacoma’s Zoning Changes Mapped: Frequency Is Freedom

This is the first of three vignettes depicting possible conversations between imaginary people in Tacoma as the city grapples with growth, densification, and other...