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SDOT Estimates Cost of Delaying Streetcar Project at More Than $10 Million

In case you missed the Friday afternoon news dump, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced she is halting work on the Center City Connector streetcar because...

Mayor Durkan Halts Work on Center City Streetcar Amid Budget Worries

In a surprise move, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan halted construction work on the Center City Connector streetcar today. She cited rising costs and an error...

City Council Briefed on Downtown Circulator and Seattle Streetcar

On Tuesday, the Sustainability and Transportation Committee of the Seattle City Council received updates on the downtown circulator and streetcar system speed and reliability...

Sunday Video: The Seattle Streetcar

https://youtu.be/l4s5JHUTVGg In this video, advocacy director Abigail Doerr from Transportation Choices Coalition talks about the benefits of the Seattle Streetcar and in particular how the...

SDOT Proposes Streetcar Speed and Reliability Improvements on Broadway

Changes could be headed to Broadway this summer and transit riders are poised to benefit. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is considering several...

The Center City Connector Is A Critical, High Quality Transit Project

On October 14th, former Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata wrote a blog post that may mislead enough people to stop an excellent local transit...

Streetcar Coming to Downtown Seattle Streets, Construction Starts In January

The long-awaited Center City Connector is finally moving forward to construction. The 1.25-mile streetcar project in Downtown Seattle will get underway in January with early...

First Hill Streetcar Opens with Lessons for Future Lines

  Seattle’s new streetcar route, the First Hill line, finally opened on Saturday. Despite the cold and rain, months of tantalizingly empty test runs and the...