What We’re Reading: Transit Ridership, Road Safety, Elevators

Apparently, transit is popular: In 2013, Americans made almost 10.7 billion public transit trips. Around the country, transit agencies are taking note. In San Francisco, Muni plans...

What We’re Reading: Swamping The Drain

Let The Finger Pointing Begin: The big news this week was the failure of the Republican health care bill, which would have kicked tens...

What We’re Reading: Making Lines, Bikeshare Saga, And Sanctuary Cities

Making tracks and lines: How Sound Transit could create seven light rail lines out of ST3. Budget priorities: Seattle’s settled budget puts $29 million in to housing...

What We’re Reading: Urban Geometry

Urban Geometry: Human Transit's Jarrett Walker argued that the transportation vision billionaire Elon Musk laid out failed to account for the basic geometry of...

What We’re Reading: A Gentrifying City, Going Dutch, and Funding Biking

Prioritizing public health: The Seattle City Council has passed legislation memorializing the spending of proceeds for the citywide sweetened beverage tax. Yelp says a lot:...

What We’re Reading: Bikeshare Passes, Congestion-Free Transit, And Solar Eclipse

Bikeshare passes: Cities all fund transit passes for students, so why not bikeshare, too? Anti-tax: Two more lawsuits have been filed against Seattle's income tax...

What We’re Reading: Saving Metro and Planning the City

Local headlines: Residents of affordable housing in the Central District fear that they could lose their housing due to sale of their building. Pacific Place...

What We’re Reading: PDX BRT, Preserving Affordable Housing, and E-Scooter Crashes

Electoral politics: Crosscut dispels misinformation on voting in Washington and Oregon and explains how Washington can finally do away with gerrymandering. Environmental terrorism administration: The...