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State Transportation Budget Passes Over Aurora Avenue Safety Project

After including a much-celebrated $50 million allocation for Seattle's deadliest state highway, Aurora Avenue N, in the 2022 Move Ahead Washington transportation package, the...
Someone on a bike crosses the street as pedestrians walk in a crosswalk and drivers wait to turn at Broadway and Pike in Seattle

Legislature Abandons Most Traffic Safety Bills As Fatalities Continue To Mount

In late January, a group of lawmakers from both the Washington House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans, joined Governor Jay Inslee in a legislative...

Office of Waterfront Sets Aside Feedback on Pedestrianizing Bell Street

As different elements of Seattle's waterfront overhaul are beginning to open to the public, Seattleites of all stripes naturally have many opinions about how...
A busy state highway with narrow sidewalks

Washington’s Complete Streets Mandate Starts to Pay Dividends

A protected bike lane along a state highway? It's poised to become reality, thanks to a new state law upgrading the standards that the...

Cherry Blossom Brouhaha Obscures Missed Opportunities on Pike and Pine Streets

A long-planned street revamp in downtown Seattle made headlines this month when a group of preservation advocates, many aligned with Pike Place Market, pushed...

Strauss Advances Leary Alternative for Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link

Councilmember Dan Strauss sent a letter to Mayor Bruce Harrell and his colleagues on Friday seeking to break the gridlock in the three-decade-long saga...

Funding Request Would Plan 200-Mile Trail Connection At Seattle’s Doorstep

An impressively long list of governments on the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas have joined together to jointly request funding to finish a 200-mile biking...

Freight Advisory Board Isn’t Ready To Stop Fighting West Marginal Way Bike Lane

In January, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced that after over two years of planning, it intends to finally install a permanent bike...