Tag Archives: transportation

Checking in on Convention Center Public Benefits

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Scott Bonjukian

It’s been nearly two years since the Seattle Convention Center’s newest building opened at 900 Pine Street and started hosting events. The structure occupies two city blocks in Downtown Seattle and was likely the most expensive single building in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Government, Housing, Land Use, Lid I-5, Megaprojects, Public Participation, Public Space, Transportation, Walking | Tagged addition, biking, coalition, community package, construction, convention center, cycling, news, public benefits, Seattle, summit, transportation | Leave a comment

New Movement Seeks to Empower Seattle Renters

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Scott Bonjukian

On Saturday the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict hosted a Renter Summit to kick off a community conversation about rising rents, renter protections, and transportation options. The half-day event at Miller Community Center drew at least 100 residents from the Capitol Hill, … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing, Policy, Public Participation, Transportation | Tagged affordability, Capitol Hill, City Council, EcoDistrict, Frank Chopp, HALA, housing, increases, Jamie Pedersen, Kshama Sawant, living, mobility, policy, rent, Renter Summit, renters, Rob Johnson, Sara Maxana, Seattle, Shefali Ranganathan, transportation, transportation choices, Victor Obeso | 1 Comment

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

The Case for Lidding I-5 in Downtown Seattle

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Amid Seattle’s rapidly growing inner neighborhoods remains the urban scar of Interstate 5, a massive concrete and steel ribbon that is the lasting legacy of 20th century transportation engineers. It helps move thousands of people and tons of freight every … Continue reading →

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Seattle’s Draft Comprehensive Plan Takes on the Big Issues

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

By 2040 the Puget Sound region is expected to have a population of 5 million, up from 3.9 million today. Seattle expects to be at the center of this growth and is planning for 120,000 new residents in 70,000 housing units, along with … Continue reading →

Posted in Event Writeup, Housing, Land Use, Policy, Public Participation, Transportation | Tagged 2035, affordable, bike, bus, chapters, comp plan, comprehensive plan, document, DPD, draft, drive, elements, environmental impact, expansions, GMA, goals, Growth Management Act, HALA, housing, land use, light rail, LOS, open house, parking, Planning, policies, Seattle, transportation, urban design, urban enters, urban villages, version, vision, walk | Leave a comment

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

Efficiency, Equity Discussed at Forum on Seattle’s Transportation Congestion

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

On Thursday night the University of Washington hosted a lively panel discussion on Seattle’s infamous traffic woes. Organized by The Seattle Times, four experts on transportation debated various solutions for agonizing commutes and how emerging technology will change the way … Continue reading →

Posted in Event Writeup, Land Use, Policy, Transportation | Tagged audience, Bryan Mistele, event, forum, funding, I-5, Interstate 5, Jarrett Walker, King County, levy, LiveWire, Mark Hallenbeck, metro, Move Seattle, panel, Proposition 1, public, Scott Kubly, SDOT, seattle times, sound transit, taxes, Thanh Tan, transit, transportation, university of washington, uw, WSDOT | 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

Top Apps Emerge from Seattle’s Commute Hackathon

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

At the end of Seattle’s Hack the Commute on Sunday night the judges selected three potentially game-changing software applications for further development. Over the weekend 14 volunteer teams of data scientists, transportation experts, designers, and software developers created prototypes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Transportation | Tagged applications, apps, bikes, buses, championship, design, ferries, Hack the Commute, hardware, integration, King County Metro, parking, results, Seattle, smarthphone, software, sound transit, teams, transit, transportation, users, WSDOT | 3 Comments

Seattle Adopts Aggressive Vision for Zero Traffic Deaths

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Scott Bonjukian

Seattle mayor Ed Murray, alongside his police chief and transportation director, announced last week the goal of eliminating all citywide traffic deaths and serious injuries by the year 2030. This formally enters Seattle into the worldwide Vision Zero movement, an … Continue reading →

Posted in Biking, Policy, Roads, Transportation, Walking | Tagged adopt, collisions, deaths, Department, enforcement, engineering, funding, injuries, Kubly, mayor, murray, New York, O'Toole, plans, police, road diets, Seattle, speed limits, statistics, strategy, Target Zero, traffic laws, transportation, Vision Zero, Washington | 4 Comments