Transit

City Council Funds Continued Work on Downtown Streetcar with Herbold Dissenting

On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted 6-1 in favor of a $9 million appropriation to continue work on the Center City Connector streetcar,...

Holiday Video: Best North American Airports for Car-Free Travel

Inevitably, you’re probably going to travel and, from time to time, go by plane to get to your destination. But if you’re a transit...
Crowds waiting at a light rail transit station.

Sound Transit Braces for Overcrowding As It Launches Lynnwood Link in 2024

The full opening of East Link will bring a reprieve, but overcrowding issues could resume with Federal Way Link. With approximately one year until Sound...

Harrell Reverses Course, Backs Westlake Avenue Option for Denny Station

The move appeases advocates who fought to save a critical South Lake Union light rail station on Harrison Street that would have been cut. Transit...
A man boards a rapid ride bus in Seattle

Transpo Notes: Fare Free Transit for Youth, Agencies Push for New Hires, Federal Funds...

In this week's Transpo Notes roundup, we highlight slight service reductions on King County Metro, transit operator staffing challenges at Metro and Community Transit,...

An Infrastructure Plan for a Progressive Wave

The Amtrak Cascades tragedy provided an opening for a certain troll-in-chief to promote his infrastructure plan. If the Republican infrastructure plan--which at one point...

Midweek Video: Why Do People Commute By Airplane?

https://youtu.be/BoxZuHl3caU Super commuting was on the up and up prior to the pandemic. Why are people doing it, who is doing it, and what can...
Cherry blossoms outside Ballard High.

We Can Fund World Class Transit And World Class Education

As a parent who lives in the 36th District, and therefore a constituent of State Senator Reuven Carlyle, I share his concern that Washington...