Community Solutions for the I-5 Scar
While we are a big proponent of lidding I-5 to cut off the sights and sounds of freeway traffic (or even removing it) and...
Sunday Video: What’s Next With The Viaduct
Beginning in 2019, contractors will start a nine-month effort to remove the Alaskan Way Viaduct. In this video, the Washington State Department of Transportation...
Seattle Urbanists Should Be Rooting for the 99 Tunnel’s Success
Let's talk about Bertha.
I didn't live here when we debated how to replace the viaduct (SR-99). I didn't even live here when Bertha first...
South Lake Union Is For Cars
Seattle, we need to talk. It's undeniable that we are creating the model for an urban high-tech corridor that eschews the inefficient sprawl that...
Republicans Seek To Pin Seattle with Bertha Cost Overruns
The tunnel boring machine known as Bertha broke though the tunnel wall in Uptown at 11.40am on Tuesday (April 4th), completing its tunneling work and...
Is It Time To Put Lander Street Back On Hold?
In 2008, Seattle transportation officials made a tough decision: divert money that was previously allocated for a major corridor improvement project to another area...
WSCC Addition Illustrates The Difficulty Of Mitigating Freeway Trenches
At the first public benefits hearing of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition, Seattle Design Commissioners danced around a tough truth: planning good public...
Sunday Video: 360 Degree View Of The SR-99 Tunnel
Love it or hate it, the SR-99 tunnel project is rapidly coming to completion after some traumatic fits and starts. Bertha, the sole tunnel...