Op-Ed: Chinatown Deserves a Transit Hub, Not Terrible Transfers
Speak out as the Sound Transit Board prepares to make a generational mistake and skip Chinatown with its new downtown light rail tunnel.
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Shoreline’s Plans for 145th Street Reveal Multimodal Corridor Design Challenges
Multimodal corridors are intended to reduce automobile dependence by integrating rapid transit into existing freeway infrastructure. However, designing transit around freeways can make it...
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...
Sunday Video: The Neighborhood Between The Lines
In Chinatown-International District, policymakers face big decisions on how and where to locate Ballard and West Seattle light rail expansion. Community members highlight, in...
Transpo Notes: ST Enhanced Service Zone Bill Lives, Post-Apple Cup Link Meltdown Report, New...
This week’s Transpo Notes highlights include: SEA's new International Arrivals Facility, an advancing ST4 bill, a report on the post-Apple Cup Link meltdown, new...
As Development Slows, Seattle Eyes Transportation Impact Fee Projects
The Seattle City Council is closer than ever to tapping a new source of revenue for transportation projects, with councilmembers from opposite sides of...
Washington House Passes Mosquito Fleet Act, Queuing Potential Foot Ferry Expansion
House Bill 1923, approved by an 87-8 vote by the Washington House of Representatives, would allow more local governments to set up passenger ferry districts to serve riders. It heads to the state Senate.
Sound Transit 2 Line Testing Enters a New, More Visible Phase
Light rail riders will see out-of-service trains running between International District-Chinatown and Lynnwood as the next major milestone for testing on the full 2 Line.