The New Yorker takes notice of earthquake science that suggests the Pacific Northwest could be in grave danger The words Cascadia Subduction Zone may be
LaunchOpen letter to Jeff Bezos: Seattle transit could use Amazon’s help
Open letter to Jeff Bezos: Seattle transit could use Amazon’s help Seattle Transit Riders union leader Katie Wilson urges Amazon’s chief executive to step up
LaunchCool video: University Link light rail train testing!
From Sound Transit: “A light rail train makes a test run from Capitol Hill Station to the University of Washington Station as part of the first phase of train testing for the University Link light rail extension from downtown Seattle to the University of Washington. The 3.1-mile underground extension opens in early 2016, ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget.”
LaunchJarrett Walker’s transit planning exercise utilitizes a checkerboard style map of a fictional city called Prairieville
Snapshot of a transit planning exercise at Redmond City Hall. In this exercise, workshop participants used sections of waxy string to allocate transit service at different frequencies. (Photo: Andrew Villeneuve/NPI)
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Facilitator Jarrett Walker leads a transit planning workshop at Redmond City Hall to help NPI’s hometown collect input to give to Metro and Sound Transit. (Photo: Andrew Villeneuve/NPI)
LaunchBlumenthal: No excuses, railroads need to get Positive Train Control implemented
We’re a nation that put a man on the moon… We are operating a vehicle remotely on Mars. But our railroads have not yet implemented
LaunchSix reasons to reject Legislature’s pavement-heavy transportation proposals
Six reasons to reject Legislature’s pavement-heavy transportation proposals Writing for The Seattle Times, Sightline’s Clark Williams-Derry and WashPIRG’s Bruce Speight explain why the Washington State
LaunchChampion: Long-term thinking should prevail in Federal Way light rail alignment decision
What we’re trying to talk about is the future of Federal Way… Federal Way is the tenth largest city in this state. This won’t be
LaunchNine bikers killed in Waco shootout
There were so many rounds fired from bad-guy weapons here, it is amazing that innocent civilians were not injured here… In thirty-four years of law
LaunchEngineer in Philadelphia train crash has long advocated for rail safety
Engineer in Philadelphia train crash has long advocated for rail safety Thirty-two year old Brandon Bostian, the engineer behind the controls of Amtrak’s wrecked Regional
Launch“We have a federal government that can’t, for political reasons, invest in public transportation. It’s infuriating.”
The big deal is we have a federal government that can’t, for political reasons, invest in public transportation. It’s infuriating. — Commuter Andrea Lynch, decrying
LaunchWSDOT apologizes for power failure on MV Tacoma
Washington State Ferries wishes to apologize for the downsizing you experienced this evening, May 8, when the Tacoma went out of service on the Bainbridge
LaunchBaltimore Orioles executive offers eloquent defense of Freddie Gray protests
That said, my greater source of personal concern, outrage and sympathy beyond this particular case is focused neither upon one night’s property damage nor upon
LaunchOklahoma concedes that wastewater wells cause quakes
Oklahoma concedes that wastewater wells cause quakes The Republican-dominated government of Oklahoma conceded today that science has conclusively demonstrated that the underground disposal of wastewater
LaunchAfter Kentucky’s loss, fires, fights and arrests on State Street
After Kentucky’s loss, fires, fights and arrests on State Street Some University of Kentucky fans are taking the team’s Final Four loss to Wisconsin pretty
LaunchState Senate doing its oily best to ignore us on transportation
State Senate doing its oily best to ignore us on transportation The Republican-controlled Washington State Senate is doing its best to ignore a plan proposed
LaunchA Super Bowl in Seattle? Link light rail makes the Emerald City a contender
Seattle Times sports reporter Geoff Baker, who now writes about the business of sports for the paper, has an article today exploring the possibility of
LaunchFCC chairman mocks industry claims that customers don’t need faster Internet
FCC chairman mocks industry claims that customers don’t need faster Internet Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler had some fun with America’s major telecommunications firms
LaunchSnowperbole: New Yorkers ask, “Is that it?”
The Bush administration’s botched response to the costliest natural disaster in American history blew the president’s second term off course. He never recovered. Better to
LaunchNewest NFL-in-L.A. story would be groundbreaking, if ground was broken
Show us the football. Show us that an existing NFL team will actually jump through all the flaming hoops to move here. Numerous teams have
LaunchShanghai stampede death toll rises to at least thirty-six; accounts differ on cause
Shanghai stampede death toll rises to at least thirty-six; accounts differ on cause The Wall Street Journal explains what we know so far about the
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