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Sunday Video: The Insane Ways Traffic Engineers Try to Make Streets ‘Safe’ for Walking

In this CityNerd video, Ray Delahanty tackled the various bells and whistles traffic engineers use on street crossings so as to not provide actually...
Portrait photo of Jaahnavi-Kandula

Jaahnavi Kandula’s Killing Reveals Seattle’s Many Failings on Public Safety

What is a 23-year-old woman's life worth? To Daniel Auderer, Vice President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG), apparently the answer is $11,000...
Governor Inslee shakes the hand of a Tacoma high school student standing in front of the state's first electric school bus in 2019.

Seattle-Area Schools Slowly Electrify Bus Fleets 

Washington State has 40 electric school buses so far -- but big plans to change that. Meanwhile most parents drive their kids to school. That...
Ray poses with a life-size cow sculpture while traveling in Spain. Ray wears glasses and has sandy-colored hair.

Meet Ray Delahanty, the Guy Behind CityNerd

From urban planner to YouTube star, Delahanty keeps walking his way toward a more urbanist future. The genesis of CityNerd is a Covid-era story of...
Looking down Denny Way.

Denny Way Repaving Passes on “Large Opportunity” To Rethink Key Corridor

SDOT considered a laundry list of improvements, but most aren't moving forward. As soon as next year, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will start...
Park Lane is a quiet street with bollards and street trees.

Kirkland City Council Pauses Idea of Pedestrianizing Downtown’s Park Lane

The Kirkland City Council this week voted to hit pause on pursuing options that would convert a stretch of Park Lane in downtown Kirkland...

Metro Looks at Speeding Up Route 5 through North Seattle

King County Metro is eyeing upgrades to another one of Seattle's workhorse bus routes, as increased traffic on the city's streets continues to impact...

Seattle Transportation Plan Shows an Ambitious Vision, But the Hard Part Comes Next

In 1972, the City of Seattle asked a group of citizens, anyone who wanted to attend a series of meetings, to work together to...