Category Archives: Transportation

The Tale of My Epic Transit Failure

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

If you saw a large good-looking man with a duffel bag sprinting through Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood in desperate search of a car2go on a crisp morning in April, that was me. That the car wasn’t where it was supposed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Buses, Cars, Ferries, Rail, Transportation | Tagged Amtrak, app, Bellingham, BoltBus, Bremerton, car rental, car2go, Cascades, cost, fare, ferry, foot ferry, Greyhound, King County Metro, Kitsap Transit, Planning, problem, route, scheduling, Seattle, smartphone, time, transit, transportation, trip, trip planning, Washington State Ferries | 2 Comments

The Future of Shared Use Mobility

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Last week the Intelligent Transportation Society of America hosted a symposium at the University of Washington on the future of transportation and “shared use mobility” services like bike share and Uber. Leaders in the local transportation industry, on both the … Continue reading →

Posted in Event Writeup, Government, Transportation | Tagged access, bikeshare, car2go, carshare, efficiency, equity, fares, Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITS America, lyft, Lynn Peterson, mobility, payment, Scott Kubly, SDOT, Seattle, sensors, shared use mobility, State Department of Transportation, Symposium, technology, transit, transportation funding, Uber, Unviersity of Washington, Washington, WSDOT, Zipcar | 1 Comment

Finding the Burke-Gilman Trail’s Missing Link

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Thursday night the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) hosted an open house on the alternatives for completing the unfinished part of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard. The 1.4 mile “missing link” is the only incomplete portion of the trail, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Government, Industrial, Land Use, Public Participation, Rail, Roads, Transportation, Walking | Tagged alternatives, Ballard, Ballard Bridge, Ballard Chamber of Commerce, bicycles, bikes, Burke, Burke-Gilman, Cascade Bicycle Club, community, cost, department of transportation, eis, environmental impact statement, Environmental Science Associates, ESA, Gilman, hospital, improvements, injuries, intersections, lawsuit, meeting, missing link, pedestrians, process, safety, SDOT, Seattle, Seattle Bike Blog, Shishole, Shishole Avenue, study, timeline, trail | 2 Comments

Seattle Council Candidates Propose Citywide Streetcar System

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Two at-large candidates for the 2015 Seattle City Council election, John Roderick and Alon Bassok, have jointly proposed a vision for a citywide municipal rail system. Documents released on Wednesday propose a 75-100 mile network built within a decade and … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Rail, Transportation | Tagged Alon Bassok, candidates, district 8, district 9, election, funding, head tax, historic, history, John Roderick, length, levy, map, municipal rail, neighborhood, plan, position, property tax, proposal, Seattle City Council, streetcar | 3 Comments

SDOT Studying High Capacity Transit for the Roosevelt Corridor

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is studying options for transit improvements in the Roosevelt corridor between Downtown and Northgate. Although Sound Transit is currently building Link light rail in the same area, the City’s Transit Master Plan (TMP) identifies … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Land Use, Parking, Rail, Roads, Transportation, Walking | Tagged BRT, bus rapid transit, costs, downtown, Eastlake, HCT, high capacity transit, Northgate, options, project, rapid streetcar, Roosevelt, route, SDOT, Seattle, South Lake Union, study, transit master plan, Westlake | 8 Comments

First U-District Parklet Opens

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

During the University District Street Fair last weekend the neighborhood welcomed its first official parklet. Located on 43rd Street at University Way, the parklet replaces two parking spaces and complements a Pronto bike share station outside of an ice cream … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Parking, Parks, Policy, Public Space | Tagged bike share, City of Seattle, Cory Crocker, design, features, First, materials, neighborhood, Park(ing) Day, parklet, pilot program, Prono, streaterie, street fair, streetfair, U District Square, U-District, university district | 1 Comment

Metro Refines 2016 U-Link Connections Proposal

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Today King County Metro released a more refined “Alternative 3” for how bus service can be restructured around Seattle’s two new light stations opening early next year. This proposal is a hybrid of two earlier options and incorporates a wide … Continue reading →

Posted in Buses, Rail, Transportation | Tagged alternative 3, Capitol Hill, Central District, changes, connections, deletions, Eastside, frequency, light rail, Link, metro, northeast Seattle, proposal, restructure, routes, service, sound transit, Sounding Board, SR-520, summary, U-District, U-Link, university district | 7 Comments

New Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Northeast Seattle

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff hosted an open house on Tuesday to present conceptual plans for improving bike routes in northeast Seattle between East Green Lake Way N and 20th Avenue NE. Most of the project will simply be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Cars, Schools, Transportation, Walking | Tagged 15th Avenue, 62nd Street, Boulevard, budget, Cascade Bicycle Club, Cowen Park, Cowen Place, department of transportation, features, Green Lake, improvements, intersections, Olmstead, Parks Department, PBL, project, protected bike lanes, Ravenna, Ravenna Park, redesign, safety, SDOT, Seattle, timeline, University Greenways | 5 Comments

CascadiaCast Episode 3: Michael Maddux

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

In this episode I sit down with Michael Maddux, a paralegal and Democratic Party leader running for Seattle City Council in District 4. Michael helped spearhead the formation of permanent parks and recreation funding through the voter-approved Seattle Parks District … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, CascadiaCast, Demographics, Government, Housing, Land Use, Parks, Policy, Schools, Transportation | Tagged candidate, City Council, district, district 4, Eastlake, funding, growth, interview, Michael Maddux, Olympia, parks, podcast, Seattle, state, transit, university district | 2 Comments

King County Metro Launches Broad Planning Effort

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Tuesday night King County Metro kicked off public outreach for a Long Range Plan that will outline the future of public transportation in the Seattle region. It’s the next in a series of past plans that guide the agency’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Buses, Government, Land Use, Transportation | Tagged buses, Dow Constantine, engagement, equity, event, integration, involvement, Jarrett Walker, kick off, King County, light rail, Long Range Plan, metro, participation, Planning, public, Seattle, service, sound transit, technology, transit, vision, visioning, workshop | 2 Comments