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A dark light rail platform at SeaTac Airport during a service disruption.

Sound Transit Delays Rollout of Real-Time Arrival System for Trains

It's looking like an October launch for real-time Link arrivals -- after a hectic month of maintenance-related service disruptions. One lament Link light rail riders...

Map of the Week: Seattle’s New Long-Range Rail Plan Goes Big

Seattle's new long-range plan for high capacity transit echoes vision maps created by Seattle Subway and advanced by The Urbanist. Seattle's long-range rail transit vision...
Looking down Western Avenue at a white car in the bike lane.

‘Even Better Bike Lane’ Program Slowly Improves Upon Oft-Trampled Plastic Posts

One year in, Seattle's program to provide tougher protection for bike lanes still has a long way to go. On July 29th 2022, the Seattle...

Anti-Housing Bellevue Council Candidate Calls Homelessness a Crime

Betsi Hummer showed her true conservative colors at a billionaire-hosted fundraiser. Lest one think that Bellevue has exclusively become the city of Amazon, Facebook, and...
Steel girders painted blue support the elevated rail line in Philly's Fishtown neighborhood.

Take a Car Lane, Save a Transit Project

Transit: Why Don't We Do It in the Road? Transit has been getting some tough breaks lately in the Puget Sound region and across much...
Eight One Hundred Bellevue's construction site

Bellevue City Council Advances Watered-Down Growth Alternative

Bellevue is one step closer in planning its growth for the next 20 years after a series of City Council meetings on the topic...
Two Navy Blue Angels planes pass each other over boats tied to a log boom in Lake Washington.

Op-Ed: It’s Time for Seattle to Cancel the Blue Angels

The highly polluting airshow should be a relic of the past as we face the climate crisis. Dear Seattle, it’s time to be as brave...

Harrell Signs Industrial Land Reform into Law

The overhaul makes way for 3,000 homes, but a SoDo Makers District with 900 homes didn't make the cut. On Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell...