King County Advances K Line Designs for Eastside’s Next RapidRide
The adoption of a locally preferred alternative allows Metro to fully advance design work while seeking federal funding. Outstanding questions remain, including how bus priority will be added along a contentious segment in Houghton.
Route 40 Bus Upgrades Reach Full Design, Despite Business Pushback
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has reached full design on a set of upgrades to Route 40, one of the city's busiest crosstown...
Don’t Let Anybody Tell You Streetcars Are Not Real Transit: Budapest Edition
Modern American streetcars have a bad rap. Partially this is self-inflicted. Several American transit agencies have planned streetcars doomed with routes that are too...
King County Council Shelves Transit Ballot Measure Plans Amid Coronavirus Worries
King County Council Chair Claudia Balducci announced yesterday that the County would not be advancing plans to run a transit package ballot measure in...
Community Transit Envisions Swift II by 2018
Community Transit is toying with the idea of a Paine Field-Mill Creek-Bothell BRT line dubbed as Swift II on the fifth anniversary of their highly successful Swift...
2022 Fourth of July Transit Service
The Fourth of July holiday is coming up and Puget Sound transit agencies are planning a mix of service plans on the weekday holiday....
SDOT To Unsnarl Westlake Avenue Transit Pinch Point
With right turns set to be prohibited from Westlake Avenue onto Denny Way, streetcar vehicles and buses will no longer be stuck behind turning car traffic. The change will also benefit the high numbers of pedestrians who use this major intersection.
Is Lynnwood Headed for a Housing Backlash?
Sound Transit plans to open Lynnwood Link in 2024, but the Lynnwood City Council is already signaling some hesitancy about transit-oriented development near the...