2017 Transportation Bills Before The Washington State Legislature
The busy legislative session is underway down in Olympia. A mixed bag of transportation-related bills have been introduced to both houses of the Washington...
Boost The Parking Lot Tax
Seattle should increase taxes on surface parking lots--which sit at 12.5% now--and add a moderate excise tax on vacant lots in order to encourage their...
Let’s Not Play Political Retribution With ST3 Park And Rides
Looking at the precinct level results for ST3, as many transit advocates have, you might agree with Publicola's Josh Feit who argued that Sound...
The Beginnings Of A Post-Viaduct Aurora Ave N
While we've been deeply critical and reasonably skeptical about many aspects of the Viaduct replacement boondoggle, the best pieces of the flawed project to...
Hearing Examiner Rules Seattle Must Do EIS, Delays Backyard Cottage Law
In a blow to the Housing Affordability & Livability Agenda (HALA), Hearing Examiner Sue Tanner issued a ruling that the City of Seattle must conduct an...
Capitol Hill Station Doesn’t Need Any Parking
Sound Transit's Capitol Hill station marks a crucial turning point for the agency. The fruit of years of advocates pressing the agency to more...
Map Of The Week: Reachnow Expands To All Of Seattle
In an announcement yesterday, BMW's Reachnow carsharing service is expanding its service area to cover all of Seattle and adding 180 new vehicles to...
Capitol Hill RPZ Plan Finalized
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has released their final plans for extension of the Restricted Parking Zone program on the western shoals of...