TRANSPORTATION People love their car-pool lanes. At least that’s what you might assume after a recent flood of e-mails showed…
THE LITTLE ELEVATED train that could has been chugging up some daunting hills in recent weeks, but none steeper than…
Will Seattle taxpayers get stuck with a $42.8 million bill for light rail?
SEATTLE HATES light rail! Or loves it. We don’t know. It depends on how you ask the question. If you…
Seattle Rep. Ed Murray tries to cut a deal on transportation while environmentalists and the road builders bicker.
Henry Aronson can’t lose. Can he? The anti-monorail campaign leader won a court order this month requiring monorail proponents to…
Just how safe is bicycle-friendly Seattle?
Author asserts that members of the “gentler” sex can be bullies, too.
EMPLOYEES AT THE Salvation Army’s battered women’s shelter are finally getting some rest. On June 5, a county judge ruled…
Sure, you could bury it. You could replace it with another elevated freeway. But why not just rebuild it at ground level? It’s the cheapest option.
Tearing down the viaduct is the easy part.
Nick Licata, the Seattle City Council member who seemed least likely to support Referendum 51, has thrown his weight behind…
The trimmings may be fancy, but the main dish is mainstream.
SELF-APPOINTED TRANSIT EXPERTS who hoped the monorail would be Seattle’s first free theme-park ride had to swallow a stiff shot…
Z’Tejas has come a long way from its funky origins.
WHAT DO YOU DO if your plans are behind schedule, over budget, and wildly unpopular with your constituents? If you’re…
Apartment renters pay water bills even though no one can measure how much they use.
A notorious Seattle landlord pleads poverty.
THE SALVATION ARMY’S Catherine Booth House, a shelter and resource center for abused women and their children, is supposed to…
AS THE SEATTLE City Council tiptoes through a thorny stretch of negotiations with the city’s public housing agency, the same…