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Seattle Voters On Board with Big Transportation Levy, New Polling Shows

The survey found 56% of Seattleites supported a $1.7 billion transportation levy, with safety and transit top concerns.

Seattle Transportation Plan Project List Suggests Roadmap for Levy Renewal

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has released a draft project list intended to go along with its mammoth Seattle Transportation Plan, still in...

Finding the Legacy of the Move Seattle Transportation Levy

What comes next when a "transformational" levy didn't transform Seattle streets? On a Monday morning in late August, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Director Greg...

Bus Lanes Largely Missing in Early Concepts for Route 48 Upgrade

Of the seven frequent bus corridors that the 2015 Move Seattle levy pledged to upgrade, Route 48 between the University District and Mount Baker...
Street sign reading SODO Trail

SDOT Proposes Assembling Funds to Get Closer to Move Seattle Levy’s Multimodal Promises

When voters approved Seattle's nine-year transportation levy in 2015, they were choosing whether the city should invest in a very specific list of transportation...

2021 Budget Takes Another Bite Out of RapidRide Program

Back in 2018, we reported that Mayor Durkan's "Move Seattle Reset" had cut Route 40, Route 44, and Route 48 from RapidRide plans, instead...
A dog is leashed to a bench next to a busy bike rack and row of newspaper machines as a Route 40 bus approaches.

SDOT Adds a Bit More Transit Priority in Updated Route 40 and 44 Designs

As a part of Seattle's voter-approved $930 million Move Seattle Levy, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been planning design updates to Routes...

Route 40: From Workhorse to Racehorse?

King County Metro's third busiest bus route doesn't have fancy RapidRide branding. You'll often see it (sometimes represented by some of the oldest buses...