Seattle mayoral candidates both say the future holds fewer cars
On transportation, the two candidates vying to be Seattle’s next mayor agree on a lot: Traffic isn’t getting better soon. We need more transit and...
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State senators grill Sound Transit over actions during last fall’s $54B ballot measure
Republican state senators are dubious that Sound Transit’s improper release of 173,000 email addresses last year was an accident. The state’s campaign-finance watchdog said last...
Bus-only lane on Denny Way is postponed
The Seattle Department of Transportation wanted to stripe its bus lane to speed the chronically late Route 8 bus to Capitol Hill. But construction continues...
Bellevue light-rail tunnel advances on schedule, without the help of a big drilling machine VIEW
More than 700 feet of the 2,000-foot tunnel under downtown Bellevue has been carved out. Light-rail service between Seattle and the Eastside is scheduled to...
Should an office tower rise over the city’s South Lake Union streetcar garage?
As it embarks on a major expansion of its streetcar system, Seattle wants to sell the land below its South Lake Union streetcar-maintenance site to...
How did Sound Transit’s $15 billion tax request reach $54 billion? Republicans say they were misled
GOP legislators say they thought they were authorizing $15 billion in taxes when they voted in 2015 to let Sound Transit ask voters to expand...
Seattle to spend $177M on new streetcar line amid questions about ‘unrealistic’ revenue, rider projections
Seattle is slated to break ground soon on a streetcar line running along First Avenue. Officials say it will provide a crucial link through downtown,...
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