Skip the Ballot, Seattle Should Enact Road Pricing As a Pilot Program
What will it take to make congestion pricing a reality in Seattle?
Depending on whom you ask, road pricing is either just around the corner,...
Metro Nixes Ride2 Shuttle, Citing Dismal Metrics, but Via to Transit Continues
King County Metro has been dabbling in on-demand shuttle services to entice riders to transit centers, but some of those pilot projects are floundering....
Fix Aurora Avenue Now
On Black Friday, a motorist attempting a turn from Aurora Avenue to N 39th St careened over the curb and plowed into a family...
Mayor Durkan Lowers Speed Limits and Announces New Vision Zero Agenda
Within 18 months, the posted maximum speed limit on nearly every single arterial street in the city of Seattle will be 25 miles per...
The Case for Burying I-5 in a Deep-Bore Tunnel
Interstate 5: It's ugly, ubiquitous, and almost universally hated. It's a wall that separates one side of Seattle from the other. It's noisy and...
Sunday Video: Black Friday Parking
https://youtu.be/-XscydK-3LI
Dave Amos talks about parking regulations and parking demand in relation to the Black Friday shopping day. He also does a case study of...
The $10 Million Plan for Adaptive Signals on Denny Way
Pedestrians attempting to crossing Denny Way while walking on Westlake Avenue's east side will find they are only allocated around ten seconds of walk...
What a City Needs: Anarchy at Slow Speeds (A Manifesto)
I live a few steps from the awkward intersection of Summit and Olive, where bus-related improvements shortened the crossing distance for pedestrians within the...