During the month of February, Sound Transit held two open houses about East Link Light Rail project. The first open house discussed the South Bellevue segment while the second discussed the East Main Station.
South Bellevue Open House
South Bellevue's northbound bus issue was solved. The previous design required northbound buses to do...
Look around a residential neighbourhood in a typical American city, and you will see an ocean of single-family detached homes. There is a myth that it has always been this way. In reality, many cities have historically allowed a diverse mix of buildings and uses in residential neighbourhoods: duplexes,...
Bertha may be dead in the water, but the Seattle Waterfront is moving full steam ahead. Construction work on the Elliott Bay Seawall is already taking place near Bertha's tunnel area. It's a delicate task when working within just feet of open sea and the walls of a tunnel. With...
"Are you righteous? Kind? Does your confidence lie in this? Are you loved by all? Know that I was, too. Do you imagine your sufferings will be less because you loved goodness? Truth?"
-Malick
I've driven buses across the Aurora Bridge about a thousand times. Every time I do so, without...
Two months ago in Casselton, North Dakota, a train carrying crude oil from the Bakken oil fields hit a derailed soybean train on the outskirts of town. A huge firewall exploded hundreds of feet in the air. Because the fire was so hot, the only thing that the Casselton...
Technology industry workers are not apathetic. The industry is known for its passionate defense of civil liberties, the unprecedented scope of the philanthropy of its most successful members (and not just Bill Gates—Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Pierre Omidyar of Ebay and Sergey Brin of Google were all amongst the...
Sound Transit, the regional transit agency that builds Link and Sounder rail services and operates a lot of our express buses, is currently updating their Long Range Plan - a list of projects that informs their future expansion. This is the first phase of any ballot measure for additional...
Residential, woonerf. Attributed to: La Citta Vita - license - original
Over the past few years, the southern section of Manhattan's Broadway has steadily transformed from a major vehicle arterial into a “complete street” and pedestrian boulevard. Instead of a "car sewer", Broadway is now an inviting thoroughfare for walkers and cyclists, and a destination for shoppers,...