Amtrak is updating its Seattle rail yard to handle an expanded modern fleet of trains via a newly announced $300 million in ...

King County Metro is projecting a significant budget shortfall by 2028 if its current spending plan is maintained, thanks to ...

The groundbreaking for the RapidRide J between Downtown, Eastlake, and the U District marks the last RapidRide project ...

The new pedestrian connection, park, and gathering space all in one was envisioned as a key component of Seattle''s new waterfront since work started on the project over a decade ago. (Ryan Packer) ...

Budget cuts would mean layoffs at SDCI, HR, and IT, but broader reductions have mostly been avoided. The 2025-2026 budget proposed by Mayor Bruce Harrell Tuesday avoids making major cuts to city ...

The Local Sightings 2024 film festival juxtaposed The Beacon, a film about a break-dancing studio fighting to survive in South Seattle, with a film about the North Seattle neighborhood of Wallingford ...

Shibuya, Tokyo is world famous for it’s massive at-grade pedestrian scramble crossing. In a way, it’s a self-popularlized space. But there’s a lot more to it with the history of the neighborhood and ...

King County Metro's eighth RapidRide line, Madison Street's G Line, launches Saturday with some of the most robust speed and reliability features of any bus route in Puget Sound. (Ryan Packer) Early ...

Ryan Packer lives in the Summit Slope neighborhood of Capitol Hill. They are on the board of the Friends of Pike Place Market and write about transportation issues at Capitol Hill Seattle. They ...

All three Swift Bus Rapid Transit routes operated by Community Transit saw double digit increases in ridership following the extension of light rail into Snohomish County, including a 36% jump for the ...

Route 20 will be deleted and Route 513 will be cut back in the fall 2024 service change. (Ryan Packer) Major service changes for public transit routes are just around the corner in Puget Sound. King ...