Skip the Ballot, Seattle Should Enact Road Pricing As a Pilot Program
What will it take to make congestion pricing a reality in Seattle?
Depending on whom you ask, road pricing is either just around the corner,...
Metro Nixes Ride2 Shuttle, Citing Dismal Metrics, but Via to Transit Continues
King County Metro has been dabbling in on-demand shuttle services to entice riders to transit centers, but some of those pilot projects are floundering....
Aurora’s Destiny Is Bus, Not Rail
Author's Note: This article is in response to Doug Trumm’s excellent piece on Aurora rail, which was in turn a response to Seattle Subway’s...
King County Metro Ponders New Ferry Routes
Could the Mosquito Fleet return to Lake Washington and spread to new locations on the eastern side of Puget Sound? King County Metro is...
State Supreme Court Upholds Injunction Blocking I-976
News broke yesterday that the Washington State Supreme Court had upheld the King County Superior Court's injunction against Initiative 976 causing transit backers to...
Accepting the Challenge: Cascadia High Speed Rail
At some point in our recent history, we got complacent. Our society stopped its foresighted quest of reaching higher. This year marked the 50th...
Sound Transit Unveils Federal Way Link Station Designs and Name Options
In November, Sound Transit released updated design information for the Federal Way Link light rail extension, which Kiewit Infrastructure West Company will construct. While...
Judge Grants I-976 Injunction, Pausing Transit Cuts
King County Superior Court Judge Marshall Ferguson granted an injunction on Initiative 976 this morning, pausing 175,000 hours worth of transit service cuts in...