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State Representative Joe Fitzgibbon has responded to Reuven Carlyle’s recent guest post for Publicola opposing Sound Transit 3, saying Carlyle outlined a “false choice” in his piece. “This does a disservice both to our region’s residents who have waited 40 years too long for a regional transit system and our state’s public school children, parents, and educators who have waited 40 years too long for full public education funding,” Fitzgibbon argues.
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My husband and I went on an adventure on our bucket list, riding the Link light rail. We were so impressed with everything, from the
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“Just a few days before the SR 99 tunneling machine started tunneling under the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the Washington State Department of Transportation flew a video-equipped drone through the SR 99 tunnel to show Seattle Tunnel Partners’ construction progress. On an average day, the tunnel is bustling with construction. To avoid disrupting crews, this video was recorded in between regular work shifts.”
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“Some in Germany are now, rather belatedly, seeing Tesla as a long-term threat to the pride and joy of the country’s economy: the car industry that employs 750,000 workers and indirectly accounts for 1 in 8 jobs,” The Los Angeles Times reports.
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The Stranger talks to NPI and Transportation Choices Coalition about Tim Eyman’s latest destructive initiative, which would wipe out billions in funding for multimodal transportation projects, eviscerating money for transit, bike paths, trails, and infrastructure for pedestrians.
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University Link only opened to the public last Saturday, but already, it’s so popular that Sound Transit has decided to begin permanently lengthening trains to accommodate a surge in ridership.
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Sound Transit built University Link with the promise that trains would offer a speedy underground ride between Westlake Center, Capitol Hill, and the University of
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Yesterday, the very first Boeing 727 airliner made its final flight from Everett’s Paine Field to Seattle’s Boeing Field to become part of the Museum
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“A shift is under way that will lead to widespread adoption of electric vehicles in the next decade,” writes Bloomberg’s Tom Randall.
LaunchOver the past several decades, particularly for the youngest age groups, there’s been a pretty large decrease in the number of people who have been
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U.S. Highway 101 has become impassable through the town of Harbor, Oregon, because the road has disappeared into a giant sinkhole. Drivers will have to detour around for some time to come while ODOT figures out a fix for the highway. (Photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation).
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The New York Times explores why so many of America’s automobile dealers seem reluctant to sell electric cars to the traveling public. One big reason: Electric cars have fewer complex parts than cars with internal combustion engines, which means they need less service and maintenance over their lifespans.
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Great news from Sound Transit: The tunnel boring machine known as “Brenda” bored through the wall of Sound Transit’s future University District light rail station
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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
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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.”
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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)
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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 Writing for The Seattle Times, Sightline’s Clark Williams-Derry and WashPIRG’s Bruce Speight explain why the Washington State
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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
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