Olympia Poised to Partially Fund High-Speed Rail ‘Business Case’ Study
One way or another, high-speed rail looks poised to get a deeper study in Washington state. On Wednesday, transportation committees of the Washington State Legislature...
SDOT Proposes Streetcar Speed and Reliability Improvements on Broadway
Changes could be headed to Broadway this summer and transit riders are poised to benefit. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is considering several...
Seattle Will Provide Free Transit to All Public High School Students
All public high school students in Seattle will receive free transit passes under a plan to encourage transit ridership both in the immediate and...
Map of the Week: West Seattle and Ballard Conceptual Alignments
Last week, Sound Transit formally kicked off its scoping process or the West Seattle and Ballard light rail extensions. The process is important because it will...
Seattle’s Drive Alone Rate Downtown Plummets as Walking to Work Ticks Up
Seattle's center city neighborhoods are adding jobs at an astounding rate but Seattle's streets downtown aren't getting wider. Something has to change, and the...
Scoping Begins: Weigh In on Ballard and West Seattle Light Rail Extensions
Sound Transit has formally started its scoping process to develop alternatives for light rail extensions to Ballard and West Seattle. The public has a...
Long Planned Fauntleroy Boulevard Revamp Put On Hold
A massive overhaul to one of West Seattle's main arterials that had been planned since 2012 and long envisioned by the neighborhood was suddenly...
Map of the Week: Cascadia Rail
On Monday, a new advocacy organization called Cascadia Rail announced itself to the world, piquing interest with their spiffy map by maestro cartographer Oran...