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Transportation

Cross-Sound Passenger Ferry Service to Return

Kitsap Transit is seeking public comment on its long awaited restoration of cross-Sound passenger only fast ferry service to Downtown Seattle. Among the three routes...

Sunday Video: Transit-Protected Bike Lanes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0qdq36hwSs We already have some of these "floating" transit islands that protect bikes by allowing cyclists. These islands give cyclists a buffer between platform and...

Northgate Link Webcams

  Now that the extension of Northgate Link is well underway, Sound Transit has three webcams capturing the progress at University District Station, Roosevelt Station,...

The Transit App 3.1 Update

We're big fans of The Transit App because of its universality and dynamic form, and previously wrote about the big version 3.0 release. Last week,...

West Seattle Waterfront Streetcar?

By Charles Bond and Gordon Werner In the discussions about the new Alaskan Way project and the 1st Ave streetcar, the topic of the old...

I Don’t Know What a Trolley is, Part II

  Let's see, where were we. Continuing our exploration of what trolley buses are, from the previous post~ All other trolley systems in the US have...

Why Did Rasmussen and Licata Stall the Center City Connector?

Yesterday, councilmembers Rasmussen and Licata asked that Council postpone by three weeks the decision to move forward with the Center City Connector project. On its face, their...

I Don’t Know What a Trolley is, Part I

  We're sitting at Third and Seneca northbound on the 3, a trolley bus. The passenger in front asks me what my favorite routes are. "I...