Council Candidates Mixed on Transportation Impact Fees Despite Pedersen Push Poll
Councilmember Alex Pedersen is renewing a push for Seattle to levy fees on new building projects to pay for capacity improvements to the city's...
Put Your Feet First and Move Seattle: Vote YES on Prop 1
This November, Seattle voters will have the opportunity to vote YES on ballot Proposition 1, a nine-year transportation levy. Proposition 1 would replace the...
Transit Cuts Are On The Way for Every Corner of Seattle
Yesterday King County Metro announced broad service cuts affecting nearly every route starting on Monday March 23, while Sound Transit is also reducing service...
Finalized Seattle Transportation Plan Heads to City Council
The Seattle Transportation Plan, shows a lofty vision for the next two decades of city investment in transportation. The hard part comes next with funding it and effectively implementing it — plus, aligning it with a delayed comprehensive plan for land use.
Metro Warns of Reduced Services Through January 21st Due to Staffing Availability
In a notice late this evening, King County Metro warned that service may be affected over the next two weeks with heavy cancellations. The...
Sound Transit Reviews Fare Ambassadors and Preps Fare Box Reforms
Sound Transit's approach to fares continues to evolve. Earlier this month, agency staff provided a review of the relatively nascent fare ambassador program and...
Issaquah Mayor Pushes to Pull the Plug on Metro Flex Microtransit Service
Mayor Mary Lou Pauly's recommendation would halt on-demand transit service throughout most of the city, including in neighborhoods with very few other transit options. Issaquah Councilmembers are pushing to continue the program until it can be more robustly evaluated.
City Accelerates Rainier Avenue Improvements, Too Late to Save Some Lives
Last Monday evening a person trying to bike across Rainier Avenue was hit and killed by a driver who fled the scene, as the...