True, Northeast 125th isn't very bicycle-friendly. But aren't road diets about safer, better roads for everyone?

Lawsuit: Purchase of Eastside rail corridor was illegal Seattle Post Intelligencer Sound Transit has studied running light rail along portions of the corridor. While the Port may have had good intentions, the plaintiffs argue the purchase ... and more »

Seattle’s blind infatuation with Road Diets will make traffic congestion worse. Seattle officials are quick to say Road Diets maintain the car carrying capacity on the roads in which they are applied. However, Seattle officials are much slower to admit...

Seattle parks levy leads to unwise spending Crosscut We also voted for Sound Transit funding and county parks. There are other levies on the horizon — for Seattle Center, possibly for a transportation ...

Uprising at Gooseberry Point: the trouble with running good ferry service to a nice island.

Driving out the drivers Sound Politics (blog) What, are they hoping somebody will get fed up and start riding the Sound Transit trains? (which I hear subsidize riders to the tune of $140 PER ride) 5. ...

Policymakers who subscribe to social engineering often use parking rules to help achieve their vision for a supposed Utopian society. A society in which central planners adopt a particular value and try to impose it on everyone else. This recent Seattle Times article puts this strategy in full display. The original purpose of parking enforcement has all but disappeared and now become more about forcing behavior changes and increasing revenue. This article contains so many good lines I had to highlight my favorite:

"Last ...

Sound Transit accepts lowest rail bid after all TheNewsTribune.com Sound Transit has reversed its decision to skip over a contractor's low bid, announcing Thursday it will award MidMountain Contractors a key project to help ... and more »

The region needs a jolt, which comes from daring strategic thinking to take us past the recession and to transcend our political impasses. A suggestion: tap the game-changers in our midst.

It started with our report that the government takeover of the West Seattle Ferry from a private operator tripled costs to taxpayers. It led to a KIRO 7 investigative story, a Seattle Times story, a Seattle Times OPED, and a rebuttal OPED by King County Councilmember Jan Drago, which we already responded to.  

Ferry District Chair Jan Drago and Executive Director Hank Myers mistakenly made two general claims.

First, they say our report underestimates expenses of the private model ...