Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Seattle

Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn't the Answer

By Kea Wilson | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments

It's tunnel vision! Lawmakers in New York are looking to Seattle for advice on how to fix a crumbling highway — but the Emerald City's experiment with a highway tunnel is no model. Here's why.

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Hello, 2020, What Do You Have in Store?

By Aaron Short | Jan 2, 2020 | No Comments

This year, America will vote for a new president. We also have a chance to define what kind of country we want to be, depending on how we address these 11 vital transportation-related issues.

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Streetsies 2019: Here are Your Transportation Heroes

By Aaron Short | Dec 27, 2019 | No Comments

And the Streetsie goes to...

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Streetsies 2019: And the Winners Are…

By Aaron Short | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.

Seattle had the steepest decline in solo drivers in the country this decade thanks to expanded and more frequent bus service.

Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving

By Aaron Short | Nov 25, 2019 | No Comments

Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit. Here are a few of those lessons.

Washington state voters passed a ballot initiative Tuesday that will severely limit the state's ability to maintain and expand its vaunted transportation systems.

Seattle Sues To Keep Car Tabs And Save Transit

By Aaron Short | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

Seattle leaders are not wasting any time to stymie a statewide ballot measure voters approved on Tuesday, announcing a lawsuit to block Initiative 976, which could drain tens of billions in transportation funding across the entire state by reducing annual vehicle registration fees. King County Executive Dow Constantine along with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and […]

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