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Seattle Council Member Asks Whether “Jaywalking” Laws Do More Harm Than Good

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 28, 2017 | No Comments

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.

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Don’t Judge Transit By the Gridlock on Nearby Roads

By Stephen Miller | May 18, 2017 | No Comments

Sound Transit is beginning to build a light rail line between downtown Seattle and its booming eastern suburbs. It's expected to eventually carry 50,000 riders each day. Parts of the route will run on highways, and the expectation is that the rail line will reduce traffic congestion. This is often how transit projects are framed -- as congestion cures -- and that's a problem, says The Urbanist's Doug Trumm.

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Who’s Gonna Get Stuck With the Bill for Seattle’s Highway Tunnel Misadventure?

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 7, 2017 | No Comments

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?

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Seattle Campaign to #GivePedsTheGreen Would Do Away With “Beg Buttons”

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 24, 2017 | No Comments

A petition in Seattle is calling on the city to do away with "beg buttons" and automatically give pedestrians a walk signal at every traffic light in its "urban villages" -- areas that are walkable and transit-oriented.

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Truck Crash on Freeway Paralyzes Traffic. Seattle Times: Ditch the Bike Lanes!

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2017 | No Comments

Last month, a truck crashed on a major Seattle freeway, paralyzing traffic for miles. The whole episode demonstrated the fragility of the freeway system, and the need for more resilient transportation networks. But the Seattle Times had a hotter hot take. The real culprit, according to the paper's editorial board? Bike lanes.

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Why Seattle Should Boot Cars Off Its Busiest Street for Buses

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 22, 2017 | No Comments

Seattle is booming, and in downtown, transit has been absorbing most of the city's growth in travel. With the streets full during rush hour, the only way to increase capacity is to reallocate street space from cars to more compact modes like buses and bikes.

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