Toilet Deserts Remain Despite Sound Transit’s Renewed Restroom Policy
More passenger restrooms are ahead in Sound Transit's ever-growing system. However, a recommended policy update would discourage them from becoming a universal and easily...
Metro Refines 2016 U-Link Connections Proposal
Today, King County Metro released a more refined "Alternative 3" for how bus service could be restructured around Seattle's two new light stations, opening...
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...
Saint Petersburg Metro Offers Architectural Lessons for American Transit
Transit conveys culture as its conveys passengers. The former Russian capital provides some lessons on how the Seattle region could do better.
Seattle has begun...
Planting Seeds for a City Center in Lynnwood
When we warned of a stroad growing in Lynnwood due to highway widening plans, it cast a negative light on Lynnwood's plans to develop...
New Passenger Cars Approved for South Sounder Capacity Expansion
Sound Transit is moving ahead with the the South Sounder Capacity Expansion program and has approved funding to proceed with acquisition of additional passenger...
Transit Ridership is Flattening, but We Can Fix That
Seattle's remarkable run of transit ridership growth appears to finally have hit a speed bump. King County Metro's ridership grew at its slowest pace...
Metro Reopens Little Saigon Bus Stops, Citing Improved Safety
After a nearly three-month hiatus, bus stops near the intersection of 12th Avenue S and S Jackson Street in Little Saigon reopened today. King County Metro closed the stops due to public safety issues, which authorities say have improved.