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Monthly Archives: January 2015
The Top Places to Work for Urban Planners
Washington state has the highest location quotient (concentration) of planners in the country, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is measured by the ratio of planners to all jobs in the state and compared to the … Continue reading
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Kitsap Transit Plans to Revive High Speed Ferries
Kitsap Transit plans to begin high speed foot ferry service between western Puget Sound and Seattle within the next few years. Trips between Bremerton and Seattle would be 25 to 30 minutes faster than the current car ferry run, and … Continue reading
Posted in Ferries, Government, Land Use, Transportation
Tagged Bremerton, business plan, Colman Dock, dock, downtown, fare, ferry, funding, high speed, history, Kingston, Kitsap, Kitsap County, Kitsap Peninsula, Kitsap Transit, parking, passenger only, Port Orchard, price, report, ridership, schedule, Seattle, Southworth, study, survey, tax, timeline, Washington State Ferries, WSF
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Seattle Set to Increase Car Share Limits
On Tuesday the Seattle City Council transportation committee voted to approve an increase in the number of free-floating car share permits and operators. This would primarily benefit car2go, the German company whose blue-and-white mini cars are rented on a per … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Policy, Transportation
Tagged cap, car share, car2go, City Council, committee, commuter, DriveNow, expansion, on-street, operators, parking, pilot program, public, restrictions, SDOT, Seattle, spaces, transit, transportation, Zipcar
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SDOT To Extend Roosevelt Protected Bike Lane to 65th Street
At the Wednesday meeting of Seattle’s Bicycle Advisory Board, staff from the city’s department of transportation (SDOT) announced they will indeed extend a protected bike lane (PBL) another 20 blocks as part of an arterial repaving project on Roosevelt Way … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Government, Parking, Transportation
Tagged 45th Street, 65th Street, bus bulbs, cost, department of transportation, extension, funding, neighborhood, PBL, protected bike lane, Ravenna, Roosevelt, Roosevelt Way NE, SDOT, Seattle, sidewalk, transit, transit islands, U-District, University Bridge, university district, University Greenways
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