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Vision Zero

Advocates Push for Bike and Transit Lanes on the Fremont Bridge

Before Covid, the Fremont Bridge was set to surpass the 1.2 million bike trips logged in 2019, yet cyclists and pedestrians still have to...
Cover image courtesy of Howard Ignatius / Flickr; edited by author.

More Ways Than One

Downtown Seattle is more than a central business district. It is a neighborhood 88,000 people call home. This neighborhood has the highest concentration of...

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...
Safe biking infrastructure still has a long way to go in Bellevue--but building it is worth it. (Photo by Chris Randels)

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...
Elliott Bay Trail offers a all ages and abilities route along the Waterfront in SoDO but an Alaskan Way open street would connect it to the rest of Downtown. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

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...
People walk and roll across the street in the rain with a car in the background."This system is broken for us already. We want change. We want a different and a re-imagined transportation system," was the caption I wrote for my presentation. (Photo by David Seater)

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...