Transportation
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Bellevue accelerates self-driving transit plans as Amazon moves major team from Seattle
A graphic from the CommutePool grant application describes the proposed system. (City of Bellevue) For more than a year, transportation…
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan: Let’s try scooters, but let’s do it right
Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. See this story for more details about…
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Microsoft to host Seattle summit on high-speed rail connecting Pacific Northwest cities
Microsoft President Brad Smith announced the company’s latest commitment to high-speed rail in the Pacific Northwest at the 2019 Cascadia…
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Week in Geek: GeekWire’s Great Race, Sounders drop Ticketmaster, and Microsoft’s mystery outpost
Competitors in GeekWire’s Great Race at the finish line, L-R: Kurt Schlosser, Todd Bishop, Cara Kuhlman, Taylor Soper, Clare McGrane,…
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Lime adds more JUMP bikes in Seattle but says long-term viability hinges on city allowing scooters
A JUMP bike in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Lime will double the number of bikes available…
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Microsoft and Cascadia group unveil proposal to build economic hubs between big Pacific NW cities
Downtown Seattle and Mount Rainier as viewed from the top observation deck of the Space Needle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt…
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Longterm vision for Seattle-Portland-Vancouver mega-region will require a ‘consensus on growth’
(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Traffic as congested as Los Angeles? Housing as unaffordable as the Bay Area or New…
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Seattle startup’s bright idea: High-tech crosswalk could signal a way to improve pedestrian safety
Janie Bube wants to improve the visibility of pedestrians in crosswalks. (Ben Murphy Photography) On a rainy, foggy night in…
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Tech workers unite for the climate, pushing Amazon and other big companies to take action
Seattle student Dylan Clauson (left) marches with her sister and mother near the Amazon campus on Friday. (GeekWire Photo /…
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