Why the Chicago L’s Evanston Express line isn’t really an express. (Car Free Keith) Why the Washington and Oregon coast has no large cities. (Geography by Geoff) This is an open thread.

King County Metro’s Route 44 travels inbound from Ballard to UW Station via Wallingford and the University District. Outbound trips travel in the reverse direction. In October 2024, Route 44 had 6,663 ...

Ballots are out for the August 5 Primary Election. Guides & Endorsements: WA Voters’ Guide (official), The Urbanist, Transportation for Washington, Progressive Voters Guide, The Stranger, The Seattle ...

King County Metro’s RapidRide G Line travels inbound from Madison Valley to downtown Seattle on Madison St. Outbound trips travel in the reverse direction. In May 2025, the G Line had 6,113 average… ...

The Bellevue Arts Fair is this weekend if you’re looking for something to do. It’s a large free annual festival of artists’ booths and other artsy activities. It started Friday an… ...

by CASCADIA RAIL You Deserve Faster. A few years ago, some activists thought to start a group to urge aggressive expansion of the Seattle-area transit system. And guess what… it worked! But let’s face ...

Twice in the last two weeks, I’ve been a passenger on buses that passed up other passengers while there was still room in the back of the bus. Two weeks ago, I got on a bus after the driver … ...

The Ballard and SLU light rail segment is expected to get up to 57,000 riders. That’s higher than any of the other Link projects planned for ST3 (Everett, Tacoma Dome, West Seattle, or Issaquah).

10 days until the Downtown Redmond Link Extension opens on May 10. Sound Transit has more opening day details. Seattle ST3 Project Updates: The Sound Transit Board is still nervous about the cost o… ...

For more constrained corridors, compact center-running BRT systems can fit into narrower 4~5 lane corridors. These still allow for one general lane in each direction with dedicated left/right turns.

Uh, yeah, have you guys been on I-5 off-peak? The southbound “rush hour” going southbound through Fife starts between noon and 2 pm, depending on the day. You can’t argue that train service is only ...

This picturesque scene may look like a computer rendering, but it’s a real photo from Sound Transit’s fit-testing of soon-to-be-complete portions of the 2 Line between South Bellevue an… ...