NE 65th St Plans Move Ahead with Reduced Sidewalks, Lack of Crossings
On November 26th, volunteers with Seattle's most active street safety organization, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, criss-crossed the city, stopping at sites along our streets where...
Northlake Way Repaving Brings Bike and Pedestrian Improvements
Construction on NE Northlake Way has wrapped up, creating a better walking and biking experience. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) completed two blocks...
Sunday Video: Congestion Pricing Was Unpopular in Stockholm — Until People Saw It in...
https://vimeo.com/244771087
Congestion pricing in America is virtually non-existent, but there is talk of implementation in cities such as Portland, Seattle, and New York City. In...
Reconnected Thomas Street at Aurora to Get Traffic Diverter
As soon as Seattle's SR-99 tunnel opens in 2019, work will begin to de-highway-ify Aurora Ave N south of the tunnel portal in South...
Sunday Video: SR-520 Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bvgINBQQEQ
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will finally open a pedestrian and bicycle trail on SR-520 later this month, as highlighted in the...
Conflict Points: Fixing the Westlake Cycletrack Design
The recent Seattle Times article about conflicts on the Westlake promenade between people walking and people bicycling addressed some very real safety concerns, but...
Sunday Video: 7 Principles for Building Better Cities
Peter Calthorpe breaks down some scenarios for growth using as examples California and Chongqing, China in this TED talk from April. Calthorpe argues sprawl...
South Lake Union is for Pedestrians
In April, I wrote about the failure to turn Seattle's high tech corridor in North Downtown away from being a car-centric office park and...