Don't Overlook Resiliency Benefits When Touting Transportation Improvements

Route Fifty: SEATTLE — When investments in transportation infrastructure are normally being discussed, they’re looked at through the lens of mobility. And that’s for a very good reason: Improving the way you can get from Point A to Point B to Point C and beyond should be the driving force behind transportation investments.

The Pacific Northwest’s largest city is currently basking in the glow of attention from the national urbanist community following local voters approving a $54 billion plan to expand the already growing Sound Transit Link light-rail system in order to connect more areas within Seattle and in neighboring jurisdictions, among other transportation improvements.

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