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Transportation

The Importance Of Bikes In Small, Isolated Communities

Back in June, I took a two-week trip exploring the Alaskan Panhandle, visiting cities along the inside passage like Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, and even...

Controlled Experiment Showing How Traffic Jams Occur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suugn-p5C1M Japanese researchers recreate a traffic jam in a controlled experiment, showing the shock wave affect of vehicles changing speeds.

Car Ownership and Criminal Responsibility

On October 7th Allison Liao, a three year old child, was killed while walking in a crosswalk, holding hands with her grandmother. Allison's death...

The case for frequent transit on 25th Ave NE

25th Ave NE is a minor North-South arterial in North Seattle that links University Village with Lake City Way. The street is being used...

Madison BRT: The Stakeholder Sessions

This past Wednesday and Thursday (November 19th & 20th) Seattle's Department of Transportation (SDOT) and their consultants from NelsonNygaard held a number of neighborhood...

Paving the Way for Bike Safety

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) expects to repave arterial streets every ten to twelve years, and each cycle presents an opportunity to comply...

5 Zombie Arguments About Biking

If you haven’t had the chance you should read this great article explaining why smart people say dumb things when talking about bikes. It is...

Replacing the Tacoma Trestle

The Tacoma Trestle is a 0.65-mile long trestle in Tacoma that stretches east from Freighthouse Square (the Tacoma Dome Sounder station) to the BNSF mainline...