Vision Zero

Three people biking and two pedestrians wait for a long line of cars queuing on Mercer Street in South Lake Union.

MASS: Now is the Time to Make Streets Safer

Our region faces a car-dependence crisis. Traffic is among the worst in the country, and recently announced congestion delays cost us $3.1 billion a...

Sound Transit Wants Input on Transit Access Project Proposals

Sound Transit plans to spend about $10 million on transit access projects per subarea. A total of five subareas existing within the Sound Transit...

Short Bus Lanes Roll Out on Rainier Avenue This Weekend

Additional bus lanes will be coming to Rainier Ave S to speed up buses and improve reliability and safety. The Seattle Department of Transportation...

What to Know About the MASS Transportation Package

Last October, the Board of Directors at The Urbanist announced its decision to join the Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) Coalition. The decision was...

Show Up for MASS Transportation Package at Council 2pm Friday

The Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) coalition is pushing for safe streets and has a package of transportation legislation they want passed by the...

Levy Oversight Committee Picks Neighborhood Street Fund Projects

On Tuesday night, as Seattle awaited the first results in the primary election, the Levy to Move Seattle Oversight Committee selected which projects across...

Seattle’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis Escalates in First Half of 2019

In the first six months of 2019, someone was seriously injured or killed on Seattle's streets at an average rate of once every 44...

Seattle City Council Candidates Weigh In on Vision Zero in Our Questionnaire

We asked Seattle City Council candidates to submit answers to a questionnaire before meeting with us as The Urbanist Election Board decided which candidate...