Transit

State May Finally Allow Cities to Use Camera Enforcement to Unclog Transit and Intersections

Automated camera enforcement of motorists blocking intersections, transit-only lanes, bus stops, intersections, and even emergency vehicle entries and exits could finally come to Washington....

House Bill Proposes $205 Billion for High-Speed Rail as Part of Economic Recovery

A bill to fund the rollout of high-speed rail across America was recently introduced in the House of Representatives. The proposed policies would get...

Kirkland, Bellevue Sign Off on Proposed RapidRide K Bus Improvements

The local endorsement of a preferred alternative means King County Metro can work toward full design. The agency hopes to secure federal funding at a time of great uncertainty around federal support for public transit projects.
Pedestrian and dogs use a crosswalk in Sand Point while a convertible driver yields.

City Council Salvaging Some SDOT Projects from Durkan Cut Heap

Mayor Jenny Durkan proposed $58.3 million in cuts to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) in a "rebalancing" package designed to fill budget holes...

Metro Is Proposing “Bus Hubs” For Off-Street Layover Space

Many transit riders are familiar with curb space on streets being used as bus layover space. King County Metro Transit has hundreds of bus...

Seattle’s Trolleybus Fleet To Get New Supercharged Batteries

King County Metro's entire trolleybus fleet is set to get upgrades to their batteries that will allow them to remain off-wire three times longer.

Let’s Add New Bus Lanes to Overcome ‘Period of Maximum Constraint’

The news on One Center City has not been very uplifting. The effort to keep Seattle moving during coming transit logjams got a re-brand...
NE 45th street with a two-way protected bike lane on the south side of the street.

Reclaiming NE 45th Street from Cars

This 45th Street redesign would add protected bike lanes and put people rather than cars first. Seattle’s NE 45th Street has long served as a...