Mayor Durkan Wants More Alternatives to Streetcar Studied, Delaying Budget Review
Mayor Jenny Durkan’s outside budget review of the Center City Connector streetcar project is ten days past due.
The consultant KMPG delivered a draft of...
Let’s Add New Bus Lanes to Overcome ‘Period of Maximum Constraint’
The news on One Center City has not been very uplifting. The effort to keep Seattle moving during coming transit logjams got a re-brand...
Sunday Video: Zaragoza CAF Urbos 3 Tram
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In 2012, Zaragoza, Spain resurrected trams in the city using the CAF Urbos 3 series. If the pause on City Center Connector is ever...
Two Urbanists and Joni Balter Debate Decongestion Pricing, the Streetcar and Parking on KUOW
Last Friday's KUOW's Week in Review ended up being an excellent discussion of popular recent urbanism topics: decongestion pricing, the center city streetcar, and...
Amazon Should Help Close the Center City Connector’s Budget Shortfall
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) estimates Center City Connector's budget shortfall is $23 million, which prompted Mayor Jenny Durkan to put a six-month...
Action Alert: Build the Center City Connector Streetcar
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has put a pause on construction of Center City Connector (CCC): The only high capacity transit project planned within downtown...
SDOT Estimates Cost of Delaying Streetcar Project at More Than $10 Million
In case you missed the Friday afternoon news dump, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced she is halting work on the Center City Connector streetcar because...
Mayor Durkan Halts Work on Center City Streetcar Amid Budget Worries
In a surprise move, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan halted construction work on the Center City Connector streetcar today. She cited rising costs and an error...