Seattle’s Viadoom: The ‘Carmageddon’ That Wasn’t
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We've seen this before: Freeways induce driving and when one closes people adapt their choices accordingly. There is no "carmageddon" after all.
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Podcast: Meet a Bus Driver and Housing Activist
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This week, we're chatting with Laura Loe of Share the Cities.
Meet a Woman Who ‘Runs’ For Transit in Seattle
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Meet a woman who combined her love of jogging with her support for transit.
Biking Way up in Seattle During Highway Closure
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Biking has almost doubled along major corridors in Seattle as the city enters the fourth day of “Viadoom” — the highly publicized closure of State Route 99. Viadoom — or the “period of maximum constraint,” as city officials have called it was billed as a potentially paralyzing traffic nightmare. Monday began the three week period when […]
Uber and Lyft Don’t Reduce Cars. Transit Does.
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Seattle is the only major city that really grew the number of car-free and car-light households in the last five years. It's also the only one that's really grown transit ridership.
Check Out What Seattle Did with a Dead-End Street
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Basketball anyone? One of the highlights from Seattle's Pavement to Parks program.