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Streets In Seattle Are Getting A Little Calmer

Most streets in Seattle officially had 5 mph knocked off from their speed limits yesterday. Non-arterial streets dropped from 25 mph to 20 mph and...

Creating Seattle’s Superblocks, Part 1

Often when an idea comes along that the urban planning world finds intriguing, there's a race for other cities to try out that idea....

A Stroad Grows in Lynnwood: 196th St SW

Lynnwood is on a path toward disaster with its latest stroad designs for 196th St SW, a road bisecting the city's regional growth center near...

Ask The City Council: Make Streets Safer!

Alright you urbanist wonks, let's chat about the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) budget: what the mayor proposed, what the city council is proposing...

Wilburton Trestle Will Be Eastside Trail’s Centerpiece

The Eastside is going to get a bicycle and pedestrian trail that will be the envy of the trail users throughout the region. Last...

Neighborhood Street Fund Projects Selected

We have been covering the selection process all year long for the beefy neighborhood projects that are funded through the Neighborhood Street Fund program,...

Draft Street Design Concepts for Southeast Seattle 2018 Paving Projects

On Wednesday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) held its second evening open house this week on street repaving plans for 2018. The open...

Northeast Seattle Street Concepts Presented

At an open house Monday night, the Seattle Department of Transportation unveiled a number of options for street designs on Northeast Seattle arterials that...