Seattle Adds People Without Adding Traffic
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Seattle is showing other American cities how transit can help a growing population get around without an increase in car traffic.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Seattle
How Seattle Avoided the Transit Death Spiral to Turn Around Its Bus System
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Seattle voters wouldn't accept degraded transit service and that has paid off.
How Shared Parking Can Reduce Housing Costs and Cut Traffic
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To reduce the amount of parking in new construction, Seattle is looking to make more efficient use of existing parking.
Seattle’s Playful Traffic Circles Tame Neighborhood Streets
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Seattle started installing traffic circles in the early 1970s, and now there are more than 1,200 throughout the city.
Helmet Scolds Could Unwittingly Undermine Bike Safety in Seattle
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If the city's helmet law kills bike-share -- again -- public safety will suffer.
Venture-Financed Bike-Share Off to a Hot Start in Seattle
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There are plenty of questions about whether this new bike-share business model, which is backed by Silicon Valley-style venture capital, will have legs. 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, reports Tom Fucoloro at Seattle Bike Blog.