Take Part in New West Seattle and Ballard Link Light Rail Open House
Ahead of their mid-2021 release and comment period of the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions' Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Sound Transit has...
Ballard Bridge Study Builds on Garbage Traffic Forecasts in Interbay
Earlier this month, Ray Dubicki laid out why the Ballard Interbay Regional Transportation Study (BIRT) and its accompanying Ballard Bridge Replacement Study are failures. If...
King County Council Taps Reserves to Avert Deep Cuts in Newly Approved Metro Budget
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan King County Council approved a $2.67 billion biennial budget for King County Metro. The budget will provide funding for the...
Pedersen and Herbold Come Up Short in Effort to Swipe Car Tab Revenue for...
The Seattle City Council has been powering through their budget votes in marathon days this week, and Councilmember Alex Pedersen tried to sneak a...
Mayor Chooses Repair Option with Expected Mid-2022 West Seattle Bridge Reopening
Mayor Jenny Durkan’s decision is now official: Seattle will repair rather than replace the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge. The decision comes just shy of...
County Transfers Bus Hours to South King Citing Equity Framework, Nixes Route 41
On Friday, Publicola reported on King County Council's Thursday shelving of Councilmember Rod Dembowski's budget proposal to keep 47,000 annual service hours from Route...
On the Prospect of an Urbanism of the Poor
Recently, I was asked for my definition of an urbanist. In reaching for a definition, I realized that I actually don’t have one--certainly not...
Pedersen, Herbold, and Lewis Propose $20 Car Tab Fee to Fund Bridge Maintenance
The three councilmembers say their plan investing $7.2 million annually will focus on "bridges with high-frequency public transit," but they haven't released the details.
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