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Seattle DOT Takes Truck Safety Into Its Own Hands
The DOT is installing side guards on its trucks to reduce the risk of fatal collisions with people walking and biking.
November 7, 2017
How Shared Parking Can Reduce Housing Costs and Cut Traffic
To reduce the amount of parking in new construction, Seattle is looking to make more efficient use of existing parking.
October 6, 2017
Congrats, Seattle — You Have the Sorriest Bus Stop in America
Readers choose a bus stop between a high-speed road and an active freight rail line as the worst in our field of 16 sorry bus stops.
September 22, 2017
Seattle’s Playful Traffic Circles Tame Neighborhood Streets
Seattle started installing traffic circles in the early 1970s, and now there are more than 1,200 throughout the city.
September 18, 2017
Helmet Scolds Could Unwittingly Undermine Bike Safety in Seattle
If the city's helmet law kills bike-share -- again -- public safety will suffer.
September 5, 2017
Venture-Financed Bike-Share Off to a Hot Start in Seattle
Will the companies be able to maintain safe bikes, provide good service, and stay financially viable in the long run? It's too soon to say. But in the early going, they are proving that plenty of people will use bike-share in a city where it previously flopped.
August 9, 2017
Seattle Council Member Asks Whether “Jaywalking” Laws Do More Harm Than Good
The concept of "jaywalking" has become deeply embedded in American culture, but if you go back just a few generations, the idea that your mere presence in the street could be illegal was a novel idea. Now one elected official in Seattle is suggesting that laws penalizing people outside of cars have gone too far.
July 28, 2017
With Seattle Transit Funds Under Siege By State Legislators, the Governor Rides to the Rescue
Things are looking up transit riders in Washington, where Democratic Governor Jay Inslee fended off attacks on transit funding. But in Ohio, Republican Governor John Kasich delivered a blow to transit service with a stroke of his veto pen.
July 5, 2017
Don’t Judge Transit By the Gridlock on Nearby Roads
Transit can be a success without making car trips faster.
May 18, 2017
Who’s Gonna Get Stuck With the Bill for Seattle’s Highway Tunnel Misadventure?
Seattle's massive downtown highway tunnel, originally slated at $3.1 billion, is now expected to cost at least $4 billion when all is said and done. Who's going to pay?
April 7, 2017
