2025-07-04
Happy 4th of July. I wasn’t planning to send this before Monday, but this exclusive couldn’t wait. According to multiple credible sources, the White House is preparing to announce a major shift in TSA protocol: all travelers, even those without TSA PreCheck, will soon be allowed to keep their shoes on during airport screening. This would
2025-07-03
The busiest day is expected to be Sunday, July 6, when passenger traffic could set a new single-day record at Sea-Tac Airport. The newly-added checkpoint at Sea-Tac Airport brings five security lanes. Author: KING 5 Staff SEATAC, Wash. — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is bracing for a surge in travelers over the July 4th holiday period,
2025-07-01
Too much technical. Not enough human The last Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable (StART) meeting focused on ‘establishing a priority framework for 2025’ and included updates from various working groups. Arif Ghouse, SEA’s interim aviation managing director, introduced himself as the new chair, taking over from Lance Lyttle who departed in April. StART Meeting Agenda 20250625 The
2025-06-28
Saturday, June 28, 11am - 2pm.
The City of Burien and Eco Infinity Nation, in collaboration with King County Public Health, are giving away 100 free air purifiers to Burien residents affected by air pollution. Delivery is on a first come, first serve basis until stocks last. All participants must complete a 5-minute supervised survey as a condition to receive the air purifier.
These typically go very fast, we recommend showing up early.
2025-06-26
Visualizing Port Package eligibility from 1991 until today A few weeks ago we wrote a post describing the work we had begun to improve our maps and charts and graphs. Here is one tiny example of how you can use them. This one minute video is a ‘fly-over’ of the DNL65 from 1991 until today
2025-06-25
Convenience = Capacity In 2019, there was a fairly large kerfuffle at the Port Commission over facial recognition. At the time, personal privacy was considered a high priority. The Commission ordered a study and after 18 months came back with this report, and a lot of press, including this article… Sea-Tac is First Airport to
2025-06-25
StART’s Priority Framework
5:30 pm Identifying StART 2025/26 Priorities
6:30 pm Policy Working Group Activities
6:40 pm Aviation Noise Working Group
Arif Ghouse, Interim Airport Managing Director, POS
Andrés Mantilla, Uncommon Bridges
John Flanagan, State Government Relations Manager, POS
Tom Fagerstrom, Noise Programs Manager, POS
2025-06-25
Distractions for us. But a good summary of all the Port has on its plate. Full Meeting Packet Item #11b Memo on 2025 State Legislative Session Review Item #11b Presentation on 2025 State Legislative Session Review The June 24 meeting featured a lengthy briefing on the Port’s view of the 2025 legislative session in Olympia.
2025-06-19
Airport group makes important recommendation to Burien City Council At their June 17 meeting the BAC voted 5-0 to make the following recommendation to their City Council. Port package program revamp (resolution) The City of Burien believes that, as currently structured, the Port of Seattle’s “Port Package” replacement program is a failure. Hundreds of homeowners,
2025-06-17
Reports: BAC Priorities, Economic Impact Assessments (Possible UW Project)
Port Package Program
Community Engagement
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