NACTO Issues ‘Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery’ Playbook
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has published a new playbook for urban streets in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed the...
Fast Trains, Cleaner Air, and Less Congestion: Envisioning a Post-Pandemic Pacific Northwest
As a result of the mandatory stay-at-home orders, fewer people are flying, fewer people are commuting to work, and fewer people are using their...
Puget Sound Transit Agencies Are Bringing Back Fares and Adding Service
Puget Sound transit agencies are beginning to restore service and fare payment is returning on some services. Pierce Transit and Sound Transit have released...
The Year of Car-free Streateries
As our city starts to open back up, several issues are becoming quite apparent in our urban villages. In many, there is inadequate space...
Pierce Transit Seeks Feedback on New Pacific Bus Rapid Transit Designs
Pierce Transit has moved into the design phase for the transit agency's signature bus rapid transit (BRT) project. The project is set to deliver...
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...
The System Is Broken for Us Already
For the last hundred years, oil companies, car companies, airlines, global hotel brands, and the tourism industry have sold us travel as the ultimate...
New Passenger Cars Approved for South Sounder Capacity Expansion
Sound Transit is moving ahead with the the South Sounder Capacity Expansion program and has approved funding to proceed with acquisition of additional passenger...