Most Popular

Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.

Our Members

Many thanks to

William Pope

and

Timothy Frommer

some of our many supporters.

ALL MEMBERS »

Sea-Tac Airport

Crosscut most recent

Carrying the freight

Posted Wed, Sep 7, 12:46 p.m.

By Stephen H. Dunphy

With its new 747-8F, Boeing takes the lead in the cargo jet business, with a monopoly in the production of wide-bodied freighters.

Holiday travel through Sea-Tac: Dealing with scans, wifi, and the rest

Posted Tue, Nov 23, 2 a.m.

By Skip Ferderber

Some helpful hints on scans, patdowns, free wifi, and useful apps.

Verizon joining Sprint, T-Mobile in Seattle's 4G swim

Posted Sat, Oct 16, 6 a.m.

By Skip Ferderber

With Sprint and T-Mobile 4G phones already in customers’ hands, Verizon will begin its 4G foray here by year’s end.

Signs point to a shaky tourism season in Washington state

Posted Mon, Jun 7, 2 a.m.

By Ronald Holden

International visitors account for a quarter of Seattle's tourism revenue, but the dollar's strength against the Euro is keeping many of them home.

Humor: A foolproof way to nab terrorists

Posted Sun, Jan 10, 3 p.m.

By Steve Clifford

Instead of pestering me at the airport about my titanium hip, just ask Who played third base for the 1986 Mariners? Or Name the man who peddled Charmin.

Joy ride

Posted Wed, Jul 22, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The new light rail line opens up new ways to see the city, and brings visibility to long-neglected and fascinating parts of Seattle.

The Gravy Train to nowhere?

Posted Thu, Dec 4, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

With Obama's new New Deal gaining momentum, let's remain skeptical of big projects that are touted as economic saviors. States like ours may be desperate, but a boondoggle is still a boondoggle.

Up yours, Virginia

Posted Tue, Dec 2, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Dispatch from the War on Christmas: Atheists make fools of themselves in Olympia while violence breaks out at Wal-Mart. The sacred season is now a very, very sick season.

The high cost of an empty taxicab

Posted Mon, Oct 6, midnight

By Peter Lewis

Taxis traveling between Sea-Tac Airport and Seattle without passengers mean less revenue for the cabs, and fuel burned senselessly. Solving the problem would require coordinated policy changes by city officials, the mayor, and the Port of Seattle, and it's not clear that will happen anytime soon.

The freaky economics of a ride to Sea-Tac Airport

Posted Thu, Sep 11, 3 a.m.

By Peter Lewis

Because of fuel prices and out-of-sync regulatory bodies, it's actually cheaper right now to take a taxicab to or from Sea-Tac Airport than a shared van, which until recently was always the cheaper choice. But cab fares, too, will be going up, on Oct. 1. Here's how airport transportation pricing works.

Seattle wades into the taxi tangle

Posted Fri, Aug 1, 3 a.m.

By Jean Godden

Drivers, at considerable risk, have been telling the City Council how the industry really works. The City Council is now looking at making taxis greener, fairer to drivers, and better for customers.

Olympia's feared watchdog: Brian Sonntag

Posted Sun, Mar 2, 5 p.m.

By O. Casey Corr

He's got even more authority now, thanks to a voter-approved initiative that provides for evaluations of public-agency performance. The state auditor is effecting change inside institutions like the Port of Seattle.

How to fix the Port of Seattle: Splitsville

Posted Fri, Jan 11, 5 a.m.

By Fletch Waller

The core reason for all the mismanagement is an antiquated structure, argues a former Port Commission candidate. A restructured port needs to serve a multi-county region. And we need to split up the fundamentally different businesses of seaport and airport.

Port in a storm of its own making

Posted Thu, Dec 20, 4 p.m.

By Knute Berger

The state Auditor's new report on the Port of Seattle finds rats in the rat's nest of local governments.

The Mic Dinsmore flap reveals deep differences at the Port of Seattle

Posted Wed, Jul 11, midnight

By David Brewster

The former CEO led the port into a greatly expanded mission of economic development. But that mission and Dinsmore's dealmaking style have provoked a political backlash that has split the five-member commission. The fall election will spotlight these issues and might enable one side to gain a majority.

The new boss at the Port of Seattle is wasting no time

Posted Thu, Jun 14, 5 p.m.

By O. Casey Corr

Tay Yoshitani shows a worrisome desire to not air "our dirty laundry," but he's also showing smarts in early moves as CEO of the Port of Seattle.

Big Port of Seattle changes dead ahead

Posted Fri, Apr 13, 6 p.m.

By O. Casey Corr

Once an interest only to the business community, the port is getting increasing scrutiny from environmentalists and Democratic party activists. Two port races could change policy in a dramatic way.

Sea-Tac Airport Blog posts

If earplugs don't work, try phone sex

Posted Wed, Sep 28, 10:10 a.m. 2011

by Eric Scigliano

Aviation officials suggest a novel recourse for citizens afflicted by Sea-Tac jet noise.

Begging: To give or not to give

Posted Wed, Mar 30, 2 a.m. 2011

by Judy Lightfoot

It's better to give your spare change to a food bank or shelter. (Uh, but tell that to your heart.)

What if Seattle's rain were snow?

Posted Wed, Jan 26, 2 a.m. 2011

by Knute Berger

We'd be buried in the stuff, instead of bare and increasingly unlikely to see any more big snowfalls this year.

Pacific Science Center's Harry Potter Exhibition is magic

Posted Sat, Oct 23, 9:15 a.m. 2010

by Anne-Marije Rook

A visit shows that the Science Center's exhibition, which opened Saturday, is a dream come to life for anyone who has wanted to spend time in the world of the Harry Potter books and movies.

RBI: Riders boarded intelligently

Posted Wed, May 26, 2 a.m. 2010

by Bob Simmons

Sometimes an airline has to make choices among baseball fans.

War on Christmas '09

Posted Fri, Dec 11, 6 a.m. 2009

by Knute Berger

Yes, Virginia, call the bomb squad.

What NOT to do when a beloved Senator dies

Posted Thu, Aug 27, 3:58 p.m. 2009

by Feliks Banel

Recalling the embarrassingly short life of Henry M. Jackson International Airport

How to drink your favorite wine on a plane

Posted Tue, Jan 6, 9:19 p.m. 2009

by Harris Meyer

Yes, you can bring your own bottle along, says a wine connoisseur.

Fly now, pay dearly later

Posted Mon, Sep 15, 4 a.m. 2008

by David Brewster

Short-term, Boeing benefits from airlines' desperate need for more fuel-efficient planes. That's one reason the order book is fat and the International Association of Machinists thinks this is a good time to strike. (And it's why the strike, in the words of Mike Parks of Marple's Pacific Northwest Letter, "could be a very long one.") Looking at this demand, both Boeing and the state economic forecasters see continued, booming growth for the airplane manufacturer, at least through 2011. But there are two big problems.

Seattle, you ignorant SLUT

Posted Mon, Aug 11, 5 p.m. 2008

by David Brewster

Oregonian columnist Steve Duin has fun feeling superior to Seattle, calling the Big Bad City to the North "a mass transit basket case." But he does find something to praise, even if he drips with condescension, and that's the Seattle Streetcar, fondly known as the SLUT. Duin likes the idea, a steal from Portland, of course, not because it's a serious transit solution but because the name is so funny.