Nominate Seattle’s Worst Intersection: 2019
Last year, readers of The Urbanist selected the intersection of Rainier Avenue and 23rd as Seattle’s worst. The intersection has been under construction since...
Neighborhood Street Fund Voting Open Through May 5th
Seattle's largest safe streets grant program, the Neighborhood Street Fund, is currently in the voting stage. Voting is open through Sunday, May 5th, with...
School Traffic Safety Report Highlights Risks for Students
Missing infrastructure and a high crossing guard vacancy rate hamper Seattle students' ability to walk or bike to school
Active transportation, which includes any kind...
Traffic Safety Camera Bill Passes House, Clearing Its First Big Hurdle
On Monday, the Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill to expand the use of traffic safety cameras (House Bill 1793) to reduce...
Union Street Bike Lane Perpetuates Broken Network Yet Again
Last we heard the City was prioritizing connecting the bike network with important “nodes.” That’s what Seattle's new transportation director Sam Zimbabwe said when...
Bike Numbers Up: We Built It and They Came
Buried amongst the swirling controversies around the Bicycle Master Plan 2019 - 2024 Implementation Plan and major recent bike project cancellations (I'm looking at you...
The $70,000 Bike Lane Not Coming to Wallingford
With the news that the Move Seattle levy will only deliver half of the protected bike lanes that voters were promised, it's worth reflecting...
The Bicycle Master Plan May Soon Sputter to a Dead Stop
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) only plans to construct about half of the miles of protected bike lanes (PBLs) that it promised when...