This Saturday Ballard Fremont Greenways, Councilmember Strauss, and @seattledot.bsky.social are celebrating the new crosswalk on 15th Ave in Ballard. When: This Saturday at 2 PM Where: 15th Ave NW and NW 51st St in Ballard. Learn more: sdotblog.seattle.gov/2025/11/05/1...

Happy 146th Birthday to the Bicycles of Washington State! "The first bicycle arrived in Washington Territory on Nov. 14, 1879, and was prominently displayed in the window of a Seattle stationery and book shop at 617 Front Street owned by William H. Pumphrey." www.historylink.org/File/20810

Missouri Republican Rep. Sam Graves, chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said infrastructure for biking and walking to be an important federal priority. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/g...

Having seen these myself in action, I wonder why Seattle doesn't use this design on Healthy Streets in place of the easily movable signs.

Downtown Seattle Association to Lime scooter riders: Don't be an asshole. youtu.be/BiaOLV96jl4?...

Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes, former darling of the booming e-bike market, warned it could shut down amid slowing sales and the hangover of too-rapid growth during the pandemic. www.seattletimes.com/business/loc...

The Seattle Department of Transportation has concluded it will likely need to return more than $4 million to the federal government after an internal review raised issues with how a 2017 grant from the Federal Highway Administration was executed. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

"Since 2023, however, something new has topped the list: traffic safety." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

How does a floating bridge handle a train going over it? One word: Spaghetti. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIm...

In 2007, the "idea of free transit — it was visionary, it was lovely, it was beguiling.” And back then “it was completely impractical.” What about now? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

While freight truck drivers and bike riders don’t always make the best of road friends, East Marginal Way in Seattle’s industrial Sodo district will host that unlikely fellowship, thanks to a year and a half of construction and $72 million. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

After a small stretch of a never-used bus lane was saved on Capitol Hill, Seattle City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck said this week she’d push to expand transit-only lanes on three of the city’s busiest streets. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Mayor Bruce Harrell gets to work at City Hall by car. His challenger Katie Wilson rides the bus. What else separates Seattle's mayoral candidates? Read on! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Surprise! White River Bridge to reopen ahead of schedule. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

While drivers flooded Seattle's streets to make their way around the region's closed highways, a group of people advocated for lidding Interstate 5 to hide the highway and dampen the noise.

#OnThisDay in 1970, Jimi Hendrix played Sicks' Stadium, his final Seattle show. historylink.org/File/21126

We are seeing traffic building more, especially before the closure points on I-405, & along detour routes in Kirkland & Renton. -3 mile backup on NB I-405 in Renton -1.5 mile backup on SB I-405 in Kirkland Expect very heavy traffic on detour routes & city streets. Plan ahead!

As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)

At some point in the not too distant future, someone will bike from Alki Beach in West Seattle, by the industrial monoliths on Harbor Island and through the hullabaloo of downtown, all the way to Smith Cove, without once interacting with traffic. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

WA gas taxes go up this week, largely to cover soaring construction costs of freeways already begun. A concise history by @nickdeshais.bsky.social: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Multnomah County Archives have a high-quality scan of the 1943 trolley map found on the reverse of a map of Vanport that was given to residents of that ill-fated city. It's a one-color version of the full-color map that was issued in May of that year. multco.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

After over a year of neglect, I finally updated my Seattle Transit Map! September will mark the tenth anniversary of the map. The website itself needs work but the new layer is now online. seattletransitmap.com/app/

30 minutes in 30 seconds! Here is the timelapse from setting the bow truss for the Children of the Sun Trail pedestrian bridge across the Spokane River earlier today. It took two cranes to set the 300,000-pound steel structure.

When work begins next month on Interstate 5 for some long-awaited repairs and maintenance, lanes will be closed, speed limits lowered and more than one driver will look for a different, faster and more convenient route through North Seattle. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The controversial bill would, if approved, represent one of the most significant changes to housing density policy in Seattle in at least the last decade.

Floating bridge sighting on Lake Washington.

NEW: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is on a quest to bring back the Blue Dogs- The Democratic congresswoman's strategy of appealing to working class rural moderates won her Washington's 3rd District. Will it work anywhere else? For @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...

"On Monday morning, drivers still drove through, despite two small, A-frame signs declaring the street closed just feet from where the temporary memorial once stood."

Early 2026.

Following the death of a 12-year-old student killed by an unattended SUV in front of Washington Middle School in March, the Seattle Department of Transportation has blocked a street in front of the Central District school. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Get your hiking news! King County hikers can soon access trails via Trailhead Direct, learn about changes to the North Cascades National Park permit system, read about scan and pay options for Forest Service rec sites and more 🏔️

Attaching sensors to bikes to monitor close passes as a way to measure cyclist safety. I was going about this using data correlated with cyclist's feelings of safety (life intervened and my safer bike route mapping grad school project is on hold). So simple. www.washington.edu/news/2025/05...

New population estimates released 2020-2024. Mountlake Terrace +18.4% Shoreline +12.6% Redmond +12% Lynnwood +7.9% Bothell +7.5% Seattle +5.5% Woodinville +3.5% Kirkland +3.0% Bellevue +1.7% Everett +1.1% Kenmore +1.1% Brier +0.7% Mill Creek +0.4% Edmonds +0.1% LFP -2.4% Mercer Island -1.7%

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders urged Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson Wednesday to allow two companies to build the state's new electric fleet.

Among the 50 most-populous U.S. cities, Seattle ranked fourth for the rate of growth in 2024, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, writes FYI Guy.

US Census updated its city-level pop estimates today, showing population increases from 2023–24 in most cities. Interesting data: —NYC added 87k, up to ~8.5 m —LA added 31k —Chicago added 22k —Seattle added 17k, up to 781k. This is up from 563k in 2000! Its density went from 6700 ppl/sq mi to 9300!

Paris was once notorious for speeding traffic – but now it has topped a European ranking of cycling-friendly cities for children. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

“Whoever can deliver boats the fastest, and what assurances they can give us on that time frame,” said Sen. Marko Liias. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

After all that, Washington still only got two bids to build its electric ferry fleet. Not great! From @nickdeshais.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Washington gets just two bids to build new electric ferries, and the prices are in. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

"With more than half of residents commuting car-free, Seattle’s investments in light rail and a growing bike network are reshaping how people get around, especially in neighborhoods like Capitol Hill." It's from the Realtors, fwiw.

What we know about congestion pricing in New York City. (We looked up every data source we could think of.) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Seattle's next move to slow Rainier Avenue: Plant trees in center lane. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I hear the train a'comin. Redmond's two new light rail stations begin service with a jovial crowd. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Today, the downtown Redmond Link light rail extension opens in the Seattle region. The project adds 2 stations and 3.4 miles of track to the 2 Line, on the Puget Sound's growing network. Early next year, the 2 Line will connect from Bellevue to Seattle.

The 3.4-mile, $1.2 billion extension also will deliver the masses to a cornucopia of walk-bike trails, a vast shopping center, local restaurants and Marymoor Park, the busiest in King County. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Hey look Streetsblog *kinda* picked up my story. Though I'd say I "described" the Marymoor Village Station, not "derided" it. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/h...

Media day on the light rail extension to Redmond.

Bloomberg News has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for a collection of essays by contributor @langealexandra.bsky.social. The series published in Bloomberg CityLab explores how urban design and architecture impact parents and kids 🧵

"Light rail transforms a suburb into a city," a comprehensive look by @nickdeshais.bsky.social: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...