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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Local Sightings film festival juxtaposed The Beacon, a film about a break-dancing studio fighting to survive in South Seattle, with a film about Wallingford grappling with change and potentially ...

Seattle is planning to expand 24/7 surveillance via rollout of CCTV cameras in three neighborhoods. (City of Seattle) On Tuesday, Seattle City Council’s public safety committee voted to authorize the ...

The suburban style home has dominated American policy making and conceptions of the American dream, but solutions to our current affordability crisis require more housing diversity. (Doug Trumm) What ...

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) ...

Pine Street and Third Avenue has long been known for drug dealing and is the heart of the downtown Stay Out Drug Area that the Seattle City Council is proposing. (The Urbanist) When it comes to ...

More than zoning needs to change if American cities are to move away from decades of sprawling single family home development. But zoning reform is a start. (Scorpions and Centaurs, Creative Commons) ...