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...