transit

The Polis administration won’t consider any new clean-trucking policies before next year. Environmental groups are not happy.

Sam Rockwell

To combat climate change, public transit usage must double within the next decade. It will be difficult for the Twin Cities to achieve this.

Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a news conference in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on Sept. 20. Mayor Durkan announced Monday a new executive order at the COP26 Climate Summit that addresses public transit access, pedestrian traffic and new carbon-based building standards. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Seattle expands free transit program for students as part of Mayor Jenny Durkan’s climate crisis executive order