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Posted Mon, Jan 30, 2 a.m.
Democrat Mark Miloscia says it is all about helping the agency perform to public expectations, not retaliation for failure to reach Federal Way.
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Posted Tue, Jan 24, 2 a.m.
Updated: The 'Tateuchi Truce' over the Sound Transit wars on the Eastside made clear what a catalyst for an urbanized Eastside this long-aborning cultural center has become.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
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.
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Posted Tue, Dec 20, 2 a.m.
The bus line is losing its home on the north edge of downtown. Is a move to Pioneer Square's King Street Station the best choice, and perhaps the only way to keep the intercity service in Seattle?
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Posted Thu, Dec 15, 2 a.m.
With mudslide season approaching, officials are looking at what could be done to minimize disruptions. Does BNSF really have to halt passenger service for days after a slide?
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Posted Thu, Dec 1, 2 a.m.
Opponents of rail transit tend to talk up the advantages of bus rapid transit. But are they even serious about promoting fast buses?
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Posted Thu, Nov 24, 8:30 p.m.
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?
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Posted Fri, Nov 4, 2 a.m.
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.
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Posted Thu, Nov 3, 2 a.m.
Seattle races and ballot measures turned into ratifications of the present course, for a variety of structural and political reasons. Want the real drama? Look along the railroad corridor to Bellingham and along the Sound Transit corridor on the Eastside.
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Posted Fri, Oct 21, 2 a.m.
Bellevue Square redeveloper Kemper Freeman Jr. found the perfect partner and issue for quietly advancing his anti-rail agenda.
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Posted Mon, Oct 17, 2 a.m.
The secret to urban success, says Ron Sims, is regional coherence. How do you achieve that? Leadership. But where does that come from, and how does it work? History offers some examples.
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Posted Mon, Jul 25, 2 a.m.
The bus system threatens to make big cuts, including on popular Seattle routes, if it doesn't get relief in the form of a surcharge on car-license tabs. Suburban members of the County Council balk at helping more transit-friendly parts of the county. Meanwhile, the city is threatening to put its own big ask to the voters for transit on the same November ballot.
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Posted Sun, Jul 24, 11:45 a.m.
National belt-tightening is starting to pinch at the local level, and you can expect large capital projects such as the waterfront tunnel and Sound Transit to face skeptical review.
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Posted Tue, Jul 19, 2 a.m.
The public doesn't like current tolling strategies, and they aren't yet ready to accept more aggressive ones. That leaves our questionable mega-projects in a bind.
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Posted Fri, Jul 15, 2 a.m.
The money is there, because of a budget surplus. Even though ST originally planned for the Graham Street station, don't count on the agency doing what it should.
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Posted Wed, Jun 15, 2 a.m.
On transit-oriented development, taxes, and tunnels, local leaders are earning the dismal verdict: They made it worse.
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Posted Wed, Jun 8, 2:49 p.m.
A funding bill will come before lawmakers in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there might be a thawing of the chilly relations between advocates of rails vs. bike trails.
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Posted Tue, May 31, 2 a.m.
Consider the city's intense discussion of street food. Could we just be trying to promote something here because it has proved popular elsewhere? Some careful reflection may help us determine whether we are really on to something that will make a difference.
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Posted Tue, May 10, 11:15 a.m.
The demographics of the Chinatown-International District may stay fairly familiar, but the district could take on greater economic importance and vitality.
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Posted Sun, Feb 20, 5 a.m.
To make suburbs fit into modern realities, we will have to re-imagine and re-engineer them.
READ MORE 11 COMMENTSPosted Sat, Dec 17, 12:05 p.m. 2011
Sound Transit and the city boldly go where the monorail tried to go 14 years ago.
MOREPosted Thu, Apr 14, 4:50 p.m. 2011
The excavation for the downtown to Capitol Hill line has led to intriguing artifacts just east of the Paramount Theatre.
MOREPosted Thu, Mar 31, 11 a.m. 2011
The commuter-rail train ride from Mukilteo to King Street is a glimpse of the mass transit DNA, now arriving in Seattle on Track 2.
MOREPosted Sat, Nov 20, 6 a.m. 2010
A protege of Sen. Henry M. Jackson, he was the administrator of the Snohomish County when rapid growth brought battles over transit and land use.
MOREPosted Sat, Aug 21, 11 a.m. 2010
Light rail costs $7.13 per trip and a quarter of the time it's late, argues a critic of the system.
MOREPosted Wed, Aug 11, 12:45 p.m. 2010
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said today that he likes the ideas the city council is pursuing on taxes and vehicle fees to improve transportation. But he would like the council to look at a bigger parking tax hike.
MOREPosted Sun, Apr 11, 12:21 p.m. 2010
Boats are coming back, trains to Vancouver are increased, and there's a new way to fly to Portland from Boeing Field.
MOREPosted Fri, Jan 8, 6 a.m. 2010
A writer takes Link Light Rail to Sea-Tac for the first time and finds the experience trumps even the environmental benefits.
MOREPosted Sun, Sep 20, 11:26 a.m. 2009
Link Light Rail's unintentionally funny new "Fare Enforcement Officers" should lose the Kevlar and Velcro and try instead to channel their inner old-school train conductor.
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 16, 4:41 p.m. 2009
Some early examples of how Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn are doing on the barbs battle.
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