Connect 2020 Light Rail Service Disruptions Coming in January
Light rail disruptions in Downtown Seattle are only a few weeks away. Sound Transit plans to begins construction work near International District/Chinatown Station in...
Feds Pledge $790 Million Grant for Federal Way Link
Under Secretary Elaine Chao, the United States Department of Transportation has been known for slow-walking or canceling transit grants, putting transit projects across the...
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...