Pierce County Updates Plans for Central Urban Growth Areas
In October, the Pierce County Council adopted updates to the community plans of Frederickson, Mid-County, Parkland-Spanaway-Midland, and South Hill that should encourage denser development...
One Center City Finally Finds Mode Balance
In June, I wrote about how the One Center City stakeholder group was heading toward a downtown where the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel could...
The Urbanist Podcast: The Human Side of Transit with Author and Artist Nathan Vass
Nathan Vass has been sharing his observations as a bus driver with The Urbanist for nine years. From the first conversation chronicles and desaturated...
Construction Issues Delay East Link Opening to 2024 and Federal Way Link to 2025
Sound Transit revealed delayed timelines for its next four light rail extensions Thursday. Defects in concrete plinths in a four-mile section of East Link...
The Case for Four New North Sounder Stations…In Seattle
The North Sounder line has long been panned by technocratic transit advocates as a white elephant gift to Snohomish County communities. At a cost...
Downtown Seattle Association Envisions A New Multimodal Third Avenue
Third Avenue is Seattle's most prominent surface transit corridor in the city with over 52,000 daily passengers using buses. The Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)...
Tell State Senate to Block $2.3 Billion Cut to Sound Transit Just Passed by...
Luxury car owners rejoiced yesterday as Democrats passed HB 2201, a bill cutting car tab fees, through the Washington State House of Representatives. The biggest...
Mayor Durkan Hires Defense Contractor to be Traffic Czar for Seattle Squeeze
Yesterday morning Mayor Jenny Durkan announced she had hired retired Air Force Major General Michael Worden to a newly created position--Director of Citywide Mobility...