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Morning Fizz: D's trying to sort out 1st District race

Mon, May 14, 8 a.m.

By Erica C. Barnett and Josh Feit

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring Dwight Pelz, a new parking garage, a new tunnel, Reuven Carlyle, Sylvester Cann, and Boring Machine Brenda.

A desire named streetcar

Mon, Apr 23, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Is public transit all about getting there quickly and conveniently, or about having fun and looking cool? The new First Hill Streetcar line will give us one, but we could have had both.

Crosscut Tout: 2 serious students of transit will speak

Tue, Apr 17, 2 a.m.

By Douglas B. MacDonald

A chance for fresh insights and less predictability in our car-bike-bus-train fights.

Northgate Mall: battleground for transit and planning issues

Wed, Mar 28, 2 a.m.

By Jordan Royer

As a new round begins, over a Sound Transit parking garage, there are lessons to be learned from the successes at Northgate in recent years and from transit-oriented development along California's BART lines.

Tolls: a long road still ahead to get best results

Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

By Douglas B. MacDonald

There are some encouraging signs, but tolls can't work as well as possible without more flexibility and wider adoption. And cross-lake efficiencies also require much more flexibility in transit than reliance on light rail.

Bus rapid transit is good but it's not rail

Thu, Dec 1, 2 a.m.

By Martin H. Duke

Opponents of rail transit tend to talk up the advantages of bus rapid transit. But are they even serious about promoting fast buses?

Light rail and streetcars could double up on voters next year

Thu, Nov 24, 8:30 p.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

An effort has been launched to get a Ballard-University District light-rail line on the ballot. And won't Mayor McGinn be back with something to keep his vision for streetcars moving forward?

Will levy fatigue doom another run at Seattle car-tab fees?

Tue, Nov 22, 2 a.m.

By Jordan Royer

As the city comes to terms with this year's failed car tab fee, officials are already looking for a new ballot measure. But the calendar is looking full.

Voters aside, Seattle is full speed ahead on rail

Mon, Nov 21, 2 a.m.

By Dick Nelson

While the city's residents just rejected a tax that included $18 million for streetcar planning, Seattle's Transit Master Plan envisions devoting most of a 20-year effort to streetcar lines.

While citizens are told to have courage, Metro ducks

Thu, Nov 10, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Two court cases in Washington state are testing how free speech and security relate to one another in a modern era.

The smarmy faux populism of I-1125

Fri, Nov 4, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Tim Eyman and company claim they just want to help the poor folks who can't afford higher tolls at rush hour. Don't believe them.

Why voting for city car tabs is a tough call. And the right one.

Thu, Oct 27, 2 a.m.

By Roger Valdez

Seattle's Proposition 1 doesn't look all that attractive (does anyone really want to vote for something that says "fee increase" in the ballot title?). But here's how a density and transit advocate decided to vote yes.

Seattle's car tab proposition lets city move ahead

Tue, Oct 25, 2 a.m.

By Maurice Classen

Proposition 1 has taken its share of criticism, and it's not perfect. But voting against would be perfectly wrong for a city that wants to compete economically in the country and the world.

How safe are Seattle's roads?

Mon, Oct 24, 10:41 a.m.

By Douglas B. MacDonald

New data, relevant to tonight's Road Safety Summit at City Hall, suggest elderly pedestrians are being mowed down more than cyclists. The data indicates police ought to focus more on drivers who fail to yield to walkers and bikers. And we're not making much progress in reducing auto traffic.