Sunday, February 23, 2025

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Podcast #61: Not Done Wailing

First Hill station is not to be (1:21) Electeds bail on First Hill the process rears its ugly head Napkin math analysis Backyard cottages (42:12) Single family rentals leveling off Pierce County & Lyft (50:21) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_061.mp3

East Link Photo Tour (Part 2: Bel-Red and Overlake)

The falsework for East Link’s future crossing of I-405 in Bellevue The third and final (for now) installment of our photo tours is here, and covers the most exciting and fastest-changing part of East Link. Continuing from Tuesday’s tour, the...

Pollution Fee and $30 Car Tabs Using Same Signature Gatherers

Smog Over Tacoma Harbor, photo courtesy National Archives and Records Administration / wikicommons Correction: The original post referred to a “carbon tax” in I-1631. The initiative actually refers to a “pollution fee”, a methodology different from the carbon tax...

A Few Words About Housing Supply

In response to several requests, this post is adapted from a recent Twitter thread that readers seemed to like, even though I impulsively started it during a break at work while irritated at some tweets. There’s a straw man that gets...

ST Releases SR522 BRT Details

Last week, Sound Transit kicked off a summer of public events centered around SR 522 BRT. “Project Refinement” will be done in early 2019, the board selects a final project for preliminary engineering in January 2020, and the line...

Large Residential Projects Approved by Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace

The site of Mountlake Terrace’s “Terrace Station” project, seen from a passing bus When Lynnwood Link begins construction early next year, it will be joined by two major residential projects in southern Snohomish County as cities begin to attempt their...

Sunday Open Thread: Cap Remap

Tomorrow, Capital Metro in Austin launches a Houston-style network restructure they call Cap Remap that streamlines routes and expands frequent service to more of the city.

Minimizing Downtown Transfer Pain in ST3

SODO Station and the SODO busway: Future home of West Seattle – southside train transfers Photo by Joe Kunzler / flickr When ST3 is built out, it will have two major downtown transfer hubs, at already-very-busy Westlake Station and International District...

Dockless Bike Share is Popular, Now Infrastructure Needs to Catch Up

Unlocking a Spin bike Image: Lizz Giordano It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly a year since Seattle became the first American city to have a large dockless bike share presence. With the initial permits set to be reviewed this...

Beginning of the End for Convention Place Station

Demolition work at Convention Place, as seen on Saturday This week, crews started demolition work along the 9th Avenue wall that runs along the edge of Convention Place Station and its bus layover lot. The demolition work will be conducted...

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