Month: December 2021

• Lizz tells the story of vision-impaired people struggling to navigate transit
• Everett Council considers states its priorities for Link
• By some metrics, some are pronouncing microtransit a success
• More camera enforcement ($)
• More electrics for PT
• Seattle grows faster ($) than suburbs 2010-20
• Traffic is back, transit ridership still down
• Natural gas buses aren’t carbon-neutral
• TriMet running out of drivers; it’s an emergency

This is an open thread.

One of the better local initiatives to come out of the pandemic are Stay Healthy Streets, roads minimally reconfigured (usually by putting a sign in the roadway) to prioritize non-auto uses. Theoretically, these roads are for local access only.

There’s a happy narrative where Seattle stood up to the car interests and the NIMBYs in favor of healthier modes of transport. Sometimes the government has to implement a policy for people to see that it works and make it popular. Indeed, a recent NPI poll of Seattlites reveals supporters exceed opponents by 39 points. But it seems to me the neighbors didn’t need to be convinced of anything.

Continue reading “Stay Healthy Streets aren’t bold, they’re a layup”

• ST’s executive search starts this afternoon
• Bellevue’s zoning is not ready
• Mary Hopson is Operator of the Year
• Comment on TOD in Lynnwood
• Seattle works through its state lobbying agenda
• Biden shifting grants away from cars

This is an open thread.

Everyone involved regrets Friday’s rather long Link outage after the Apple Cup. Coming after a major sporting event and shortly after new stations opened, there were probably quite a few new riders who said “never again,” and that’s sad.

Continue reading “For the lack of an announcement”