Tag Archives: Seattle

Limited Madison BRT Will Still Deliver Great Benefits

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Monday night the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) held its fourth open house on the $120 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project planned for Madison Street. SDOT staff and consultants from Nelson Nygaard chatted with a packed house about … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Buses, Transportation, Walking | Tagged bike, BRT, bus rapid transit, buses, Central District, concept, configuration, corridor, design, details, downtown, features, First Hill, funding, lanes, layout, layover, Madison, Nelson Nygaard, pedestrians, plan, project, roadway, routes, SDOT, Seattle, signal, street, study, transit, transportation | 4 Comments

How Seattle’s Mandatory Affordable Housing Program Will Work

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

The Seattle City Council is considering a mandatory affordable housing program linked to commercial developments. The program is no longer just a commercial “linkage fee” (otherwise known as an “impact fee” in Washington state), and now consists of two options: developers … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial, Housing, Land Use, Policy, Residential | Tagged affordable, City Council, cost, fund, funding, HALA, housing, impact fee, linkage fee, mandatory, murray, options, policy, process, program, public, recommendation, schedule, Seattle, timeline, upzoning, zoning | 4 Comments

The Key HALA Recommendations for Seattle’s Affordable Housing Future

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

The Seattle City Council is considering recommendations to increase the city’s amount and variety of affordable housing options. Over the past year, the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Advisory Committee (HALA) has been working to develop land use and housing … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing, Land Use, Parking, Policy, Residential, Transportation | Tagged affordability, City Council, committee, design, developer, goal, HALA, housing, income, mayor, murray, neighborhood, plan, policies, real estate, recommendations, rent, residential, Seattle, top, unit, wages | 1 Comment

‘Park My Viaduct’ Heads to the Ballot Next Year

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Author’s Note: This article was updated September 8, 2015 to correct details of the Initiative 123 campaign and proposal. Last week the Seattle City Council reluctantly approved forwarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct preservation effort to the August 2016 ballot. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Parks, Public Space, Transportation | Tagged Alaskan Way, ballot, City Council, DWPDA, earthquake, garden bridge, I-123, infrastructure, Initiative 123, James Corner, Kate Martin, Park My Viaduct, Pike Place Market, project, proposal, replacement, Seattle, tunnel, viaduct, Waterfront Seattle, WSDOT | 5 Comments

King County Council Receives Recommended U-Link Bus Restructures

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Tuesday King County Executive Dow Constantine transmitted his recommendations for connecting new light rail stops with Seattle bus routes to the County Council. The recommendations come after nine months of public feedback and detailed input from a community Sounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Buses, Government, Transportation | Tagged bus, Capitol Hill, comment, Council, Executive, frequency, King County, light rail, Link, metro, Northeast, recommendations, restructure, revision, schedule, SDOT, Seattle, service, sound transit, Sounding Board, system, transfers, U-Link, university of washington | 4 Comments

CascadiaCast Episode 4: Patty Lent

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On this episode of CascadiaCast I chat with Patty Lent, Bremerton Mayor and former Kitsap County Commissioner. Bremerton is the largest city in Kitsap County and home to the strategic Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Lent shared that she strongly believes … 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 | Leave a comment

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

Mayor’s Housing Committee Proposes Modifying Seattle’s Single-Family Zoning

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Tuesday afternoon the Seattle Times’ Danny Westneat broke the news (in an inflammatory manner) that Mayor Ed Murray’s committee on housing may recommend making changes to the city’s single-family zoning. If the idea lands on the committee’s final set of recommendations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Density, Housing, Land Use, Policy, Residential | Tagged accessory dwelling units, ADU, backyard cottages, capacity, changes, committee, comprehensive plan, cottages, DADU, Danny Westneat, department of planning and development, diversity, Ed Murray, HALA, Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda, income, mayor, neighborhoods, proposal, recommendations, rowhomes, Seattle, Seattle 2035, single family, townhomes, variety, zoning | 2 Comments

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