Yearly Archives: 2024
Metro Starts Federal Way Link Bus Restructure Planning
King County Metro is launching its bus restructure planning process to accompany Federal Way Link, which opens sometime in 2026 adding three stations and about eight miles of light rail between SeaTac and Federal Way. Fill out Metro's scoping survey.
Local Labor Leaders Hope to Sustain ‘Year of the Union’ Momentum
2023 was a banner year for union organizing nationwide and locally, but much work remains in 2024 to sustain gains and expand on them. And corporate bosses are not taking this without a fight.
New Energy for Changes on MLK Corridor, But Few New Ideas
Recent initiatives at both Sound Transit and the City of Seattle have put the issue of safety along the at-grade segment of light rail tracks in the Rainier Valley back in the spotlight.
Sunday Video: What’s Happening With American Malls?
Malls have been closing up in America for years now, but remaining malls continue to reinvent themselves and some are seeing wild success. Dave...
Op-Ed: Here’s How We Can Fix Aurora Avenue – From People...
Aurora Avenue should have a continuous design with safe sidewalks, crossings, bike lanes, and center-running bus lanes to speed up the E Line. Aurora Reimagined Coalition had a design that does all that. Fill out SDOT's survey to back the idea.
Sound Transit Snags Federal Grant for South King County Bus Stations
The federal programs are aimed at repairing past harms from transportation infrastructure, but the two long-planned Stride stations leave much unrepaired.
Sound Transit has...
Join Us for Urbanist Panel Breaking Down 2024 Washington State Legislature...
The "Year of Housing 2.0" at the state legislature yielded less progress than expected. Our March 26 virtual event will conduct an autopsy.
Spring Service Change Brings Shifts in Transit Service Across Puget Sound
Transit riders across the region will see changes to bus routes at the end of March, including the launch of the long-awaited Orange Line in Snohomish County and an express version of Pierce Transit's Route 1.