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The Good and the Bad of Driverless Cars for Cities

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Scott Bonjukian

The age of driverless cars is rapidly approaching, and no one seems to know what to do about it. The technology is picking up steam in the behemoth automotive industry while only a few states have regulations on the books … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars, Energy, Government, Land Use, Roads, Sustainability, Transportation | Tagged adoption, automated, autonomous, AV, buses, cars, charge, cities, computers, congestion, costs, Driverless, efficiency, electric, emissions, energy, fee, Ford, fuel, funding, gas, Google, highways, lyft, motors, roads, safety, self, sensors, streets, Tesla, timeline, transit, transportation, trucks, urban, vehicles | 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

Pronto Set for a Rainy Start

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Scott Bonjukian

Pronto Cycle Share, previously working under the name of Puget Sound Bike Share (PSBS), has secured sponsorships, station locations, and is set to launch on Monday, October 13th. Annual memberships ($85) started being offered this past Monday, with the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Public Space, Sustainability, Transportation | Tagged Alaska Airlines, Alta, bicycle, bike, costs, Cycle Share, delays, fatalities, helmet, launch, law, location, map, membership, neighborhoods, program, Pronto, safety, Seattle, stations, system, U.S. | 6 Comments

Vehicle Fees Are Ready For Modernization

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Scott Bonjukian

The increasing fuel efficiency of road vehicles and adoption of alternative power sources like electricity, natural gas, and hydrogen is lessening the ability of gas taxes to pay for transportation systems. The federal gas tax has been 18.4 cents/gallon since … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Policy, Roads, Transportation | Tagged alternative, cars, costs, energy, federal, fee, fuel, gas, gas tax, highways, insurance, maintenance, mileage, odometer, Oregon, pilot program, road usage, roads, tax, taxes, trucks, VMT, weight | 5 Comments

Problems on SR-520 Floating Bridge Causing Delays, Cost Overruns

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Scott Bonjukian

The project to replace the Governor Albert D. Rosellini/Evergreen Point Bridge, the world’s longest floating bridge, is facing costly delays due to design and construction problems by WSDOT and contractor Kiewit. Now due to open a year and a half … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Rail, Roads, Transportation | Tagged 520, Bellevue, bridge, concrete, construction, costs, delays, design, Eastside, engineering, floating bridge, funding, HOV, Kiewit, Lake Washington, lanes, light rail, new, pedestrian, rebar, replacement, Seattle, sound transit, State Route 520, steel, tolling, tolls, WSDOT | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: costs

The Good and the Bad of Driverless Cars for Cities

SDOT Studying High Capacity Transit for the Roosevelt Corridor

Vehicle Fees Are Ready For Modernization

Problems on SR-520 Floating Bridge Causing Delays, Cost Overruns

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