Seattle
Ridership Jumped 400% When Seattle Protected a Bike Lane
The magic of protected bike lanes, Seattle's Second Avenue edition.
April 18, 2019
Seattle Mayor’s Bike Lane Retreat Enrages Activists
It looks like Seattle's new Mayor, Jenny Durkan, isn't going to show the kind of transportation leadership we've come to expect from Seattle.
March 27, 2019
Trump Administration Continues Funny Business with Transit Funding
About $2.7 billion in funds for transit projects remains in a state of limbo at the Trump U.S. DOT.
March 19, 2019
Other Cities Overcame Duke’s Objections to Light Rail
In Minneapolis and Seattle, a "floating slab" helped mitigate hospitals' concerns about "vibrations" and electromagnetic fields from light rail. So in other words, Duke University basically ignored the facts when it opposed a light rail project.
March 12, 2019
How Two Cities Actually Reduced Driving
The number of driving miles declined in both cities even as population (and Uber!) has grown quickly.
February 8, 2019
Seattle Tosses Out Rulebook to Protect Pedestrians
The engineering rules say you can't add a signalized crosswalk unless 93 pedestrians are crossing there per hour. Seattle's trying something different.
February 5, 2019
Seattle’s Viadoom: The ‘Carmageddon’ That Wasn’t
We've seen this before: Freeways induce driving and when one closes people adapt their choices accordingly. There is no "carmageddon" after all.
January 24, 2019
Talking Headways Podcast: Meet a Bus Driver and Housing Activist
This week, we're chatting with Laura Loe of Share the Cities.
January 24, 2019
Meet a Woman Who ‘Runs’ For Transit in Seattle
Meet a woman who combined her love of jogging with her support for transit.
January 22, 2019
Biking Way up in Seattle During Highway Closure
Biking has almost doubled along major corridors in Seattle as the city enters the fourth day of "Viadoom" -- the highly publicized closure of State Route 99.
January 17, 2019
