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Harrell’s SDOT Budget Pauses Thomas Street Safety Project, Keeps Center City Streetcar Alive

Mayor Bruce Harrell's first proposed budget for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is undoubtedly the biggest window into how the nine-month-old Harrell administration...

Repaving Project Will Maintain Unsafe Walking and Biking Conditions on High Speed Ballard Corridor

The gaps in Seattle's current complete streets legislation are becoming more apparent as the city moves ahead with a repaving project on one of...

Seattle Freight Advisory Board Starts Fresh with Full Slate of New Members

Seattle is about to have a new set of voices advocating for increased consideration of how goods are moved around the city and the...

Sunday Video: Crossing The Street Shouldn’t Be Deadly, But It Is

Jason Slaughter highlights how North American streets are designed as deadly spaces for people walking, rolling, and biking. Slaughter compares those streets to ones...

Transpo Notes: New RapidRide Lines to be Studied, Transit Staffing Decrease, Green Lake Outer...

This Transpo Notes roundup touches on a mix of transit and bike stories, including: An update on staffing levels a local transit agencies;Details on a...

Next Round of Neighborhood Street Fund Grants to Circle Back to Overlooked Projects

The Neighborhood Street Fund is probably one of the most overlooked components of Seattle's 2015 Move Seattle transportation levy. With a $24 million pot...

New Survey Zeroes in on Bike Lane Options for RapidRide J Project

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is starting its next round of public outreach around the RapidRide J line, a planned transit upgrade for...

Midweek Video: How To Improve A Stroad (Seattle’s Aurora Avenue)

Ray Delahanty of CityNerd visited Seattle to showcase the city's preeminent stroad: Aurora Avenue. Delahanty offers a sobering overview of the road, but he...