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Advocates Advance ‘Pedestrianize This’ Campaign, Is SDOT Ready to Listen?

A Seattle Neighborhood Greenways forum pushes the city to heed community-led efforts to remove cars from some streets. SDOT may finally be listening. During a...

City Pledges One-Block Pedestrianized Pike Street Pilot After Years of Advocacy

Mayor Bruce Harell announced Wednesday that one block of Pike Street, between First and Second Avenues, which has been rebuilt as part of the...

200-Mile Puget Sound to Pacific Trail Will Jump Forward Thanks to Major Federal Grant

This week the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is set to award $16.1 million to advance planning and design work for multiple segments of...

Shoreline Awarded $20 Million Grant for Improvements Around 148th Street Light Rail

Shoreline has been awarded a $20 million grant that will significantly aid the City's efforts to improve transportation access to Shoreline South light rail...

Office of the Waterfront Releases Bell Street Proposal

Officials stopped short of full pedestrianization, but do plan a cycle track. Seattle's special department focused on the revamp of the central waterfront has released...

Inslee Rides Olympic Bike Trail, Celebrates Expansion Plans

The governor was honored with an award from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. A shared enthusiasm for trail networks and the unique recreational opportunities the Olympic Peninsula...
Rows of cars on a block of drive thrus and strip malls as two kids walk in the gutter of the road.

Aurora Avenue Community Workshops Kick Off in June

Participate in creating a better future for Seattle's deadliest road. Here at The Urbanist, we have devoted quite a bit of coverage to Aurora Avenue...

Pedestrian Projects Face Delays As School Camera Funding Falls Short

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is facing a significant shortfall in revenue from the city's school speed zone and red light traffic cameras...