Drivers issue parking tickets for cars in bus only locations is a far better solution. Put a digicam in the bus and set the fine higher than a paint job.

I tapped my ORCA card, got a transfer message, a green light, and the “you’ve passed” beep. But the driver demanded I tap my card two more times – creating a passback both times – even though I told him the transfer was approved. The driver repeatedly (and very loudly) insisted the original tap showed a passback on his console, and seemed determined to make an example of me (or something – who knows with these guys). I checked the transaction when I returned home, and it showed a properly processed transfer, just as I knew it would.

So, while it seems as unlikely as snow in Seattle in August, is it technically possible for a tap to clear on the card processor, but show up as something else entirely on the driver console?

It does amuse me though–if you are a car driving next to the train, you pretty much have a straight shot all the way down MLK with zero red lights.

BTW the Seattle Greyhound station used to be the Seattle terminal for the Seattle to Everett interurban as well as for the bus lines operated by Puget Sound Power, Light, & Traction (later spun off then bought by Greyhound).

I had one route that went through downtown right as the restrictions were about to start. Back then, I remember at least once a week seeing 2 or 3 tow trucks waiting behind one or two parking enforcement officers ready to head up the line. I remember being late one time and having the pleasure of seeing 2 cars hooked up to tow trucks. If Seattle ever offers a part-time PEO position, I’m there.

Equip buses with forward facing cameras like a red light camera, take a picture of the car date and time stamped and then send them a $124 ticket. Actually the ticket should be for $124 x the number of passengers on the bus that the dumb sh*t held up but that might be a tad extreme.

I like the trolley bus driver who blocked the drive in with the front and back doors, reminded me of an incident in SF years ago where I witnessed a fire truck break the two back windows of a car, lay a 6″ hydrant hose through the car to the fire hydrant he had blocked and a few minutes later the cops laid a ticket on his windshield. Justice served.

Will Northgate station be open when East Link starts service? Would it be possible that a short segment of East Link incluing say, Rainier Ave., Mercer Island and South Bellevue P&R would open before the full line?