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Support Our Work The Urbanist is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit. We depend on donations to sustain our work. Monthly donations are greatly appreciated from readers like you. Urbanist Meetup Our April Monthly Meetup will feature Mayoral candidate Andrew Grant Houston. RSVP to receive the Zoom link for the event 6:15pm April 13th. Our May Meetup guest is outgoing OPCD Director Sam Assefa, Register here for the Zoom link to the May 11th event. In March, we hosted Roger Millar, who is Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation. You can watch the video on our Youtube channel for an illu...

How far Washington has to go to make roads safe for everyone The state needs to spend $5.7 billion to fix roads for cyclists and pedestrians, a draft transportation plan says. By Hannah Weinberger, Crosscut Share: Bikers and pedestrians along Highway 99 in Seattle on Jan. 6, 2021. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut) Every so often, Washington’s State Department of Transportation publishes active transportation plans. These plans look at how streets and walkways are working for cyclists and pedestrians who already use them, informing state-level funding for active transportation p...

A new state draft plan for active transportation highlights how far we have to go — and gives us a guidemap to get there.

The state needs to spend $5.7 billion to fix roads for cyclists and pedestrians, a draft transportation plan says.

Montlake Bridge sees lots of bicycle and foot traffic. WSDOT had sought to double the lanes with a second bridge. (Credit: WSDOT). In Washington state, our leaders like to talk about environmental protection and climate action. And then it comes time to pass a transportation funding package and those values go out the window. This year was shaping up to be no different until Senator Rebecca Saldaña (D-Seattle) stepped up with a much improved proposal. State legislators would be wise to sign on to her Evergreen Plan and the broader effort to curb transportation emissions while giving Washin...