1910

• Seattle-Everett Interurban enters service on April 30, and construction of interurban from Bellingham to Mount Vernon begins.

1911

• On March 7, Seattle voters approve funds for first city-owned streetcar line.
• Northern Pacific and other railroads open Union Station
• King County voters create Port of Seattle

1912

• Seattle voters turn down Virgil Bogue's "Plan of Seattle" on March 5.
• Workers of Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway organize Local 587 of future Amalgamated Transit Union, or ATU.
• Stone & Webster consolidates street railway and utility holding in Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power.

1913

• Seattle voters approve second city-owned streetcar line.
• The Ellington Brothers debut the first public automobile passenger stage service between Seattle and Edmonds with a 7-passenger Garford touring car. The line is sold to Yost Auto Company of Edmonds in 1915.
• Auto ferry begins operating in Western Washington on December 27 with the ferry Leschi.

Ferry Leschi on Lake Washington, 1940s.

1914

• Seattle's first city-owned streetcar begins service between downtown and Ballard on April 1.

Municipal streetcar, @1915.
Photo courtesy Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI).

1918

• Seattle voters approve purchase of Seattle street railway from Stone & Webster for $15 million on November 5. : City of Seattle officially takes over railway April 1, 1919.
• The Ellington Brothers revive the Des Moines Auto Company with two 14-passenger Buick buses.

1919

• E.A. Arneson begins operating North Bend Stage Lines.

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