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...
2017 Transportation Bills Before The Washington State Legislature
The busy legislative session is underway down in Olympia. A mixed bag of transportation-related bills have been introduced to both houses of the Washington...
First Hill Streetcar Opens with Lessons for Future Lines
Seattle’s new streetcar route, the First Hill line, finally opened on Saturday. Despite the cold and rain, months of tantalizingly empty test runs and the...
House Democrats Pass Bill Cutting Sound Transit Revenue, Next Step Unknown
Democrats in the Washington State House rushed Bill 2201 out of committee on Tuesday and then quickly passed it through the House late Wednesday...
The Time to Remake 4th Avenue Is Now
Just a few years ago, the Seattle Mayor's Office, eying a confluence of construction events getting scheduled downtown and an uncertain timeline for buses...
Feet First to Host Webinar on the Transportation Funding Crisis Friday, May 29th
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended transit as we know it, devastated transportation budgets, and imperiled planned infrastructure upgrades. The advocacy organization Feet First is...
SDOT Finalizes Northgate Bridge Design and Aims for Early 2021 Opening
The Northgate pedestrian and bicycle bridge is now a go. Last week, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced the design of the bridge...
Sound Transit Starts I-90 Testing, Full 2-Line Opening Slips to 2026
The unpowered tow across the I-90 floating bridge Wednesday marks a big milestone for the beleaguered East Link project. A grand opening of the 2 Line in early 2026 is highly dependent on how the next few months of testing go.