Vision Zero

3rd Avenue Safety Improvement Could Speed Up Buses in Pioneer Square

The intersection of 3rd Avenue and Yesler Way in Pioneer Square is a very awkward spot where a few different streets come together and...
Inslee holds the scissors and other high-level officials look on outside the SR-99 tunnel in February 2019.

Legislature Must Cut Highway Expansion and Protect Transit, Safety, Maintenance Funds

The $16.9 billion Move Ahead Washington transportation package faces a large funding gap after State House passed a version of the bill Tuesday that...

Seattle Moves Toward Devoting Street Space to Freight

As the city works to integrate its different modal plans — pedestrian, bicycle, freight and transit — into one unified "Seattle transportation plan" in...

State Transportation Budget Proposals Advance Major Seattle Projects

As the House and Senate transportation committees prepare to get their unified Move Ahead Washington transportation package through their respective houses, they are also...

SDOT Adopts Policy Change to Allow More Marked Crosswalks Without Red Tape

For many years, the Seattle Department of Transportation's policy for justifying whether a crosswalk should be painted has been, counterintuitively, based on the number...
A photo of a water taxi in Elliot Bay near Downtown Seattle

Transpo Notes: Bike Helmet Law Repeal, New Water Taxi Routes Report, Amtrak Cascades to...

This week’s Transpo Notes highlights include: repeal of King County's bike helmet law, return of cross-border Amtrak Cascades train service, preliminary report of King...

Legal Challenge Pushes City to Fix Dangerous Biking Conditions on the Missing Link

The failure of the City of Seattle to achieve its long-envisioned goal of creating a trail along Shilshole Avenue in Ballard to complete the...
A photo of an crosswalk on a wide street with street signs and a bridge in the distance.

Tacoma Seeks Input for Vision Zero Safe Streets Action Plan

In 2020, the Tacoma City Council passed a resolution that committed the City to creating a Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic deaths and serious...