Ultra High-Speed Surface Transportation Feasible in Washington, State Report Suggests
A feasibility report on ultra high-speed surface transportation in the Cascadia region was released two weeks ago. The $300,000 study was commissioned by the...
Transit App Gets Modest Year-End Improvements in Version 4.3.2 Update
Last week the Transit app got an update just in time for the holidays. App improvements include expansion of branch cards in all markets,...
Map of the Week: Seattle’s Street Typologies
The Seattle Department of Transportation's right-of-way improvement manual just got a big upgrade, and it's big news for street design nerds. The new version,...
Sunday Video: Metro Systems
City Beautiful explores why more American cities don’t have metro systems like New York City and Chicago.
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While there are no one answer for this,...
Transit App Update Adds Dockless Bikeshare
The makers of Transit, a multi-modal transportation information application (app) for smartphones, pushed out a modest but useful update this morning for dockless bikeshare....
What To Expect When Expecting Amazon
Amazon announced yesterday that the company is planning the search for a second headquarters in North America where it promises as many as 50,000...
Mayor Calls For Seattle Monorail ORCA Integration
On Thursday, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray released a statement in support of integrating the Seattle Monorail into the ORCA fare payment system. This could...
Sunday Video: Can We Live Without Predictions?
Transit guru Jarrett Walker talks about how predictions of the future are often distracting and loaded when it comes to planning transportation networks. Instead,...