SDOT Proposes Route 20 to Improve Northgate Restructure and Boosts West Seattle Service with...
Last week, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) shared planned September service changes to the City's bus network once the new Seattle Transportation Benefit...
Meetup Video: March 2021 with WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar
https://youtu.be/fhIPaQoJk7U
This month, Roger Millar was the guest speaker at The Urbanist's regular meetup. Millar is Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation. He...
Draft Plan Inches Toward Modest Upzones around 130th and 148th Street Link Stations
Urbanists have been hoping that arrival of light rail to North Seattle would transform single-family sprawl oriented around I-5 and a 160-acre publicly-owned golf...
Mayor Durkan ‘Pivots’ from Road Pricing to Electrification Blueprint
In 2018, Mayor Jenny Durkan made a splash by embracing the idea of enacting downtown cordon tolling to reduce car congestion, pledging to realize...
SDOT Stresses Maintenance in Spending Plan for $20 Car Tab Fee
Details of how a new $20 vehicle licensing fee (VLF) in Seattle that could raise $7.2 million per year would be used for transportation...
Sunday Video: Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary Paint Scheme and Livery History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZdzbDpftI
Amtrak is celebrating the company's 50 anniversary with a look back on past liveries and special commemorative ones that will be painted on trains...
Metro Looks Toward Post-Pandemic Recovery, But Thorny Service Changes Could Be Ahead
How King County Metro will restore bus service as the pandemic recedes will be a hotly contested issue. Metro offered a window into the...
No New Highways Is a 21st Century Imperative
On March 5th, Governor Jay Inslee stood in front of the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle and urged the state legislature to pass...