Durkan’s SDOT Director Pick Could Jumpstart Stalled Department
After nearly a year of interim directors, Mayor Jenny Durkan on Tuesday announced her pick to lead the Seattle Department of Transportation. Sam Zimbabwe,...
Seattle Shelves Promised RapidRide Upgrades for Routes 40, 44, 48
The rumors of the Move Seattle Reset have been swirling for months, but it remained unclear what that would mean beyond a sort of...
SDOT Considers Alternatives to Eastlake Bike Lanes, But It’s Clear There Are None
While Lynnwood Link is slated to get its badly needed $100 million from Congress in the latest appropriation from D.C., Seattle's RapidRide projects wait...
Let’s Add New Bus Lanes to Overcome ‘Period of Maximum Constraint’
The news on One Center City has not been very uplifting. The effort to keep Seattle moving during coming transit logjams got a re-brand...
Seattle’s Key Transit Corridors Face Uncertain Budgets and Diminished Scope
$96 million dollars could be the new overall budget cap for all seven corridors that the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) promised voters it...
Funding Outlook for Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan is Bleak
While we wait for the full results of the Durkan administration's reassessment of spending and deliverables in Seattle's nine-year Move Seattle transportation levy, details...
Rainier RapidRide: Metro and SDOT Seek a Streamlined Route 7
The Rainier RapidRide Line is coming to the Rainier Valley in 2021 and will provide very frequent 24-hour service and improve the quality of...
Delay in Madison RapidRide Means More Pedestrian Collisions Likely
Seattle's annual traffic report includes a map of the locations where pedestrian collisions occurred, with the number increasing with the size of the blue...