SDOT Announces Four More Miles of Open Streets Plus Lake Washington Boulevard Pilot
Yesterday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced another expansion of its open streets program, adding pedestrian and cycling priority on neighborhood streets. Joining...
Let’s Make Bellevue a 15-Minute City
Urbanists looked at Paris with envy when the city’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo, in her bid for reelection, advanced her vision for the French capital...
It’s Time for Mayor Durkan to Bring Stay Healthy Streets Downtown
Stay Healthy Streets have been a rare example of an unqualified, homegrown Seattle livable streets success story. On these streets, everyone can enjoy the...
Opening Streets to People Is Popular (Even in a Seattle Times Poll)
On Wednesday, The Seattle Times published a story on plans to expand the Stay Healthy Streets program that included an online poll to guage...
It’s Time to Downsize Seattle’s Car Bridges
While some are in a rush to rebuild aging bridges and expand car capacity, less is more when it comes to car lanes. Instead...
The System Is Broken for Us Already
For the last hundred years, oil companies, car companies, airlines, global hotel brands, and the tourism industry have sold us travel as the ultimate...
Will the Pandemic Mark a Turning Point for Safer Streets in Seattle?
Across the world cities are taking bold measures to make it safer to walk and bike for transportation during the COVID-19 epidemic and beyond....
Bridge Closure Is a Chance for Sustainable Transportation to Thrive in West Seattle
In what proves to be an unpredictable year, the communities of West Seattle, SoDo and the Duwamish Valley were shocked by the sudden closure...