City Crosses Its Fingers for Early 2019 Bus Tunnel Closure
On Monday, the Seattle City Council approved the street and alley vacations requested by the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) for its forthcoming $1.7...
AV, I’m Walking Here! Pedestrians and Self-Driving Cars
Unless you work in a factory, an autonomous vehicle (AV) is probably going to be the first physical robot you interact with, and the...
SDOT Keeps Unsafe 24th Avenue Design Despite Rampant Speeding and Collisions
After years of disruption on 23rd Avenue through the Central Area, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is finally wrapping up construction on the street...
Two Urbanists and Joni Balter Debate Decongestion Pricing, the Streetcar and Parking on KUOW
Last Friday's KUOW's Week in Review ended up being an excellent discussion of popular recent urbanism topics: decongestion pricing, the center city streetcar, and...
Mayor Durkan Backs Decongestion Pricing, Delays Basic Bike Network
Yesterday Mayor Jenny Durkan came out in support of road pricing aimed at decongesting traffic in Downtown Seattle and delayed implementation of key Basic...
Shoupistas Rejoice: Seattle Passes Parking Reform
On Monday, the Seattle City Council met to adopt a landmark citywide parking reform ordinance, which had been in the making for nearly two...
Wallingford RPZ Proposal Moves Forward With Two New Zones
In Wallingford, several restricted parking zones (RPZs) are already in force. For the better part of a year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)...
Sunday Video: Congestion Tax Stockholm
https://youtu.be/pGmHErETnjs
Stockholm has a congestion charge system in place. This video explains how it was developed and implemented.