transportation
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A multimodal solution to a multimodal problem
Seattle’s Westlake community is a unique gem, home to a wide range of marine-based businesses, including float planes, cruise boats, electric boat rentals and even luxury superyacht facilities. There … more
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Going through the Gorge, the easy way
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The Columbia River Gorge is easily one of the Pacific Northwest’s most beautiful landscapes and one of the area’s top tourist destinations. When the weather is nice, the Gorge registers as a 10 on … more
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What goes into opening the world's longest floating bridge to the public?
On the first weekend of April 2016, EnviroIssues staff joined WSDOT in holding a celebration on the new SR 520 floating bridge, with more than 45,000 people in attendance. Food trucks? Check. Ribbon … more
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The South Park bridge carries a big responsibility
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The age-old saying that plagues old bridges rang true in the South Seattle neighborhood of South Park: old, deficient and seismically unsound. That’s the label King County placed on the South Park … more
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Event for dirt eating drill: a Totem Award winner!
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Partying with the world's largest tunneling machine last summer brought with it a number of rewards, including sun, celebration and 5,000 new friends. Seven months later comes more official … more
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Comments on transit plans? We’ve got thousands.
Sound Transit is revisiting its Long-Range Plan to bring previous studies up-to-date and lay the groundwork for a potential regional transit ballot measure in the next few years. With … more
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We made ‘MyTrips’ to streamline your trips
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In a city with trains, ferries, water taxis, buses, and bike lanes, all Seattleites have choices about how they get to work. For City of Seattle employees, the array of commute trip reduction … more
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Milepost 31: A rediscovered bit of Seattle history
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The Alaskan Way Viaduct has been part of Seattle's waterfront landscape for decades – a part of the daily lives of many drivers who use the structure to get to and from work, home, and play. … more
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If you’re going to build a bridge…
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…make it the longest floating bridge in the world! Seattle has several floating bridges – and one of them, the SR 520 bridge, needs to be replaced. The bridge turned 50 in 2013, and is … more
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That’s a big hill and a long train…
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No man is an island, and no transportation project is either – particularly when that project concerns rail track through a city’s downtown core and will affect neighborhood businesses, … more
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Pardon our progress, it’s a little messy
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The Mercer Corridor stretches through Seattle’s urban core, from I-5 to a major arterial through a dense, newly-developed area called South Lake Union. Locals and tourists alike have spent more … more
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A bright horizon…bright with brake lights, that is
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What do the Aurora Borealis and Shoreline’s Aurora Corridor have in common? Both light up the sky, though in Shoreline, it’s often brake lights on the horizon! Aurora Avenue N (SR 99) is … more
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I’m an engineer – do I have to speak to the public?
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When you’re building the world’s longest floating bridge, you can expect a lot of speaking requests. From legislative committees to city councils to Rotaries and community groups, … more
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A seawall’s time in the spotlight
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If out of sight is truly out of mind, it’s hard to find something that’s usually less on the mind of Seattle residents than the Elliott Bay Seawall. But in this case, what you don’t … more
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Treasured boats deserve a safe harbor
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Anyone who’s ever watched the show Grey’s Anatomy knows that Seattle means ferries. The green and white boats that traverse Elliott Bay several times each day are iconic images of the … more