As he walked away from a downtown event this month, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell pulled a folded-up map from the inside pocket of his blue suit. It was a 2018 drawing of a proposed new streetcar line ...

Seattle’s troubled streetcar project is now an additional $50 million over budget. A cost analysis done during an independent review of the project found that, based on the current model, the Center ...

Expanding Seattle’s streetcar along First Avenue would cost an estimated $445 million. That's an increase of $192 million from the city's last cost projection. The streetcar system expansion — the ...

SEATTLE — City officials said Seattle Streetcar service along the South Lake Union route will be suspended for several weeks because of mechanical issues. The Seattle Department of Transportation ...

SOMETIMES, AS WITH this week’s “Then” photo, an image is worth at least 100 words of caution, beginning with, “Been there, done that.” Today, the city is pondering a proposed $300 million+ streetcar ...

Seattle has a mixed history with transportation solutions. A new book, “Seattle’s Streetcar Era, An Illustrated History, 1884-1941,” details almost six decades of Seattle’s streetcars, from the 13 ...

Seattle will soon be hearing the clang! clang! clang! of the trolley between downtown and Lake Union, as the result of a 1.3-mile, $50.5-million construction project now under way. The start of ...

(The Center Square) – The underperforming South Lake Union Streetcar in Seattle may soon close. Seattle City Councilmember Rob Saka is proposing amendments to the 2025-2026 budget package that include ...

Downtown Seattle has the Seattle Art Museum, the Paramount, the symphony, along with other theaters and galleries. But it hasn’t been the center of Seattle’s arts scene for a long time. Now, with ...

In contrast with the spacious commute riders of Seattle’s South Lake Union Streetcar enjoy, passengers on Tokyo’s subway trains barely have space to breathe. You’ll never think of your commute the ...