Seattle

Mass transit is a lifeline to opportunity for low income Americans. But most of them live in neighborhoods that are poorly served by buses and trains — especially at night.

It's tunnel vision! Lawmakers in New York are looking to Seattle for advice on how to fix a crumbling highway — but the Emerald City's experiment with a highway tunnel is no model. Here's why.

This year, America will vote for a new president. We also have a chance to define what kind of country we want to be, depending on how we address these 11 vital transportation-related issues.

Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.

Seattle leaders are not wasting any time to stymie a statewide ballot measure voters approved on Tuesday, announcing a lawsuit to block Initiative 976, which could drain tens of billions in transportation funding across the entire state by reducing annual vehicle registration fees. King County Executive Dow Constantine along with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and […]

Voters across the country showed that they support transit.

Some American cities are starting to buck a years-long trend of declining transit ridership as passengers return to subway and commuter rail lines across the country, including in Denver, though bus ridership continues to stall, according to a new report.

Transit can raise ridership and better service while avoiding regressive fare hikes, experts say.

A string of pedestrian injuries and deaths in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district has spurred city leaders to demand a ban on cars in some densely populated neighborhoods — the latest in a nascent and long-overdue move by activists nationwide to get reckless drivers off at least a tiny handful of city streets. San Francisco Supervisor […]