SDOT Drops Protected Bike Lane from NE 45th Street Bridge Plans, Citing Traffic Impacts
This article was updated on 10/26/2021 to reflect that it was the U District Community Council, not the U District Partnership, that submitted a...
SDOT Proposes Assembling Funds to Get Closer to Move Seattle Levy’s Multimodal Promises
When voters approved Seattle's nine-year transportation levy in 2015, they were choosing whether the city should invest in a very specific list of transportation...
John Lewis Memorial Pedestrian Bridge Partially Mends Freeway Gash in Northgate
A brand new pedestrian bridge linking Northgate Station to North Seattle College and points beyond made the opening of the Northgate Link light rail...
Durkan’s 2022 SDOT Budget Would Revive Downtown Streetcar, But Makes Few Waves
A "cost-to-continue budget" is how Kris Castleman, the Seattle Department of Transportation's Finance and Administration Division, described the 2022 budget proposed by Mayor Jenny...
Sunday Video: The Art of the Autoluw
https://youtu.be/GlXNVnftaNs
Not Just Bikes explores the Dutch concept of low car streets (autoluw). They’re another tool to prioritize people and make them feel welcome on...
West Seattle Bridge Agreement Gives Port of Seattle Leverage Over Planned Bike Connection
As the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) moves forward with plans to repair the West Seattle Bridge, it is working to assemble full funding...
Midweek Video: Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam via Plan Jokinen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5pbDFDZyI
In the 1960s, Amsterdam briefly was sold on a highway urban renewal project designed by an American planner David Jokinen. It would have destroyed...
Catch Up on Development in the Roosevelt Station Area
When we last covered new development coming to the Roosevelt Station area, the Link light rail Northgate extension was still over two years away...