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Seattle Is Building a Citywide Bike Network That Cannot Handle Its Own Popularity

Seattle's climate plan calls for doubling bicycling, but SDOT is not building its bike facilities to handle the load. To bike to Climate Pledge Arena,...

New State Highway System Plan Offers Escape from ‘Glide Path to Failure’

WSDOT wants to quit its highway expansion ways and adopt a fix-it-first policy. Will the legislature listen? Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Secretary Roger...

Advocates Push for Change on World Day of Remembrance for Crash Victims

As Seattle approaches the ninth anniversary of its Vision Zero commitment to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities in traffic by the end of this...

King County Could Blaze Path on Speed Controls in Vehicle Fleet

Braking news: Speed-limiting technology could soon be installed in County government cars. King County could become the first local government in the Pacific Northwest to...

With MLK Way Groundbreaking, South Seattle Bike Projects Start Getting Delivered

Construction has started on a 1.1-mile stretch of protected bike lanes along Martin Luther King Jr Way, finally starting work to connect Southeast Seattle,...

County Delays Seattle’s Connection to the Green River Trail to 2027

Users of the Green River Trail through South King County will have a considerably longer wait for a long-promised trail connection to Seattle, due...
Old Ballard Avenue street view with street cafe seating.

Council Pushes Transit Ambassadors, Cafe Streets in 2024 Budget, But Not Streetcar Connector

The Seattle City Council is set to consider a slew of transportation-related amendments to Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed budget for 2024, in an annual...

Seattle Must Pursue ‘Rapid Progress’ Option and Transform Its Streets

Comment by October 31 to urge the City to improve the Seattle Transportation Plan. Seattle is mapping out the next two decades of transportation investments...