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About Bruce Nourish

Bruce Nourish grew up in rural England and suburban Phoenix, before discovering his love for cities and mass transit during two weekend visits to Portland and Seattle. His degree is in Physics, and he works as a Site Reliability Engineer at Google. Bruce's posts focus on publishing and visualizing King County Metro's data in order to discuss and advocate restructures of Seattle's bus network to be more efficient, cost-effective and reliable. He joined the blog in Summer 2011.

Commute: Bike or bus from Belltown to Fremont. Key Routes: 2, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16, 49, 70, Link.

News Roundup: Car-Free Adventure

April 26, 2018 at 7:00 am By Bruce Nourish

As Seattle struggles with bike lanes, Vancouver has won ($) the battle. A streetfight in Ballard for safe routes to school. Why Vancouver’s SkyTrain leaves Seattle’s Link Light Rail in the dust. Seattle tunnel tolls need to be kept low so drivers don’t avoid using it, officials say. Central Park’s scenic drives will soon ($) […]

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Monday Evening: Speak for Housing

April 12, 2018 at 11:31 am By Bruce Nourish

Are you down for urban density? Speak up for abundant and affordable housing at the District 3+7 (Central Seattle, Pioneer Square to Magnolia) MHA public hearing on April 16!https://t.co/rnS6JE3JdU pic.twitter.com/sAJafzbHvz — SeaTech4Housing (@seatech4housing) April 5, 2018 On Monday, you have a chance to speak to Seattle city council members about one of the greatest challenges […]

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News Roundup: Cars or People

April 12, 2018 at 7:30 am By Bruce Nourish

What a train trip across the US taught one Australian about Trump’s America. Among other things: Amtrak is slow. TNT: Pierce County should borrow trailhead transit idea. I’d argue that having a decent all-day frequent-service network in Tacoma should come first. Wave as they pass your car. Fast buses could be coming to a long […]

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Wenatchee’s Link Transit Goes to the Ballot

April 6, 2018 at 8:38 am By Bruce Nourish

Nestled by the confluence of Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers, the City of Wenatchee is framed by some of the most dramatic scenery in the state. A small urban core of about fifty thousand people, squeezed into a bench around the confluence, serves as the primary urban center for a huge rural hinterland that extends roughly from […]

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News Roundup: Don’t Just Rebuild

April 5, 2018 at 8:51 am By Bruce Nourish

Who decides if robots can drive? It shouldn’t be the companies racing to build them. The real driver of regional inequality in America. Here’s the real nightmare scenario for self-driving cars. Not a done deal: Convention center expansion could face fight in city hall. Tampa Bay’s new transit goal: Dedicated BRT lanes from St. Pete […]

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News Roundup: Parking Lots Disappearing

March 30, 2018 at 7:10 am By Bruce Nourish

“Red paint” — SDOT collecting feedback on Broadway transit lane proposal. PLUZ committee moves parking reform. Almost all the debilitating Herbold amendments were defeated. This small Wallingford apartment building is fine-grained urbanism at its finest. Paris to offer subsidies to those who buy bikes, give up cars. New federal budget would likely keep money flowing […]

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News Roundup: Another Helpful Debunking

March 22, 2018 at 7:05 am By Bruce Nourish

Forget gondolas, turn Silver Line Green. ST is hiring a Senior Transportation Planner. The mean musical chairs of rising rent and home prices. A bold, divisive plan to wean Californians from cars. For low-income renters, the affordable housing gap persists. Pollution impacts heighten the need for lids or freeway removal. Seattle underestimates by millions the […]

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News Roundup: Fourplexes Citywide

March 14, 2018 at 7:30 am By Bruce Nourish

Rainier Valley through the years. In Kenmore, urbanism takes root in suburbia. Could Pittsburgh public transit handle Amazon HQ2? LA taps the brakes on freeway expansion. How a new transit system could hobble Montreal. Missed connections, a treatise. The MTA genius challenge is as bad as expected. Excellent principles for shared mobility. Dublin, California city […]

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News Roundup: So Much Oxygen

March 9, 2018 at 11:00 am By Bruce Nourish

Emergency plan spends modestly ($) on signals, Subway’s biggest woe. PBOT: Traffic deaths up, despite Vision Zero efforts. Minorities are the demographic engine of millennial urban growth. Seattle’s voters and leaders know the value in keeping commuters out of cars. Beyond the MetroCard: Faster buses, better access to commuter rail, fairer fares. What would the […]

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News Roundup: Harmful Obsessions

March 1, 2018 at 7:37 am By Bruce Nourish

Microtransit: What I think we know. How I came to Seattle, a trip I’ll never forget ($). Boomtown Seattle: Why we move here — and how we’re all in it together ($).  If only Times editorials reflected more of the spirit of their contemporary reporting. American cities and the creeping criminalization of walking. Pittsburgh vows to […]

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News Roundup: Nice Bridge

February 22, 2018 at 11:05 am By Bruce Nourish

All of Seattle’s public high school students to get unlimited ORCA passes under new Durkan plan ($). Limebike’s electric scooters could eventually come to Seattle, too. Northeast Seattle street project stirs cars-vs.-bikes debate ($). Thinking of ditching your car? Just do it already. Right-sizing parking: City Council weighs reform. Reclaiming street space in Capitol Hill. […]

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News Roundup: Sizeism

February 16, 2018 at 7:00 am By Bruce Nourish

Sizeism: Why small homes belong in Fremont and Seattle-wide. Doug at the Urbanist pushes back on that awful Times op-ed ($). And here’s Heidi at the Stranger. A 14-story hotel at the entrance to Pike Place Market? Not so fast, say opponents ($). As an architecture critic remarks, “The zoning for it has been in […]

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News Roundup: Not Transforming

February 8, 2018 at 8:01 am By Bruce Nourish

Apps are not transforming the urban transport business. If you read only one thing out of this list, make it this. The per-ride costs incurred by some startup flexible-route/microtransit services are staggering, to say nothing of the (as yet unknown) year-on-year losses incurred by Uber, Lyft etc. A future free of congestion thanks to driverless […]

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News Roundup: Still Unfinished

February 1, 2018 at 8:30 am By Bruce Nourish

A walking cure for Sarcellitis: can trails unite Paris’s city and suburbs? Utah legislators propose radical changes for transportation, transit — including a tax hike. Instead of a wall, why not a binational border bikeshare? In Colorado, a glimpse of renewable energy’s insanely cheap future. After 5 years, walk-bike bridge design for Northgate light-rail station […]

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News Roundup: Automotive Liberation

January 26, 2018 at 6:00 am By Bruce Nourish

The Automotive Liberation of Paris. TL;DR: even with the best urban fabric known to the developed world, car traffic will go up until you make a multi-generational effort to reverse it. Seoul’s answer to a pollution crisis: Free public transit. The kicker is that it may not be very effective at dissuading people from driving, […]

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News Roundup: Resolutely Pro-Housing

January 18, 2018 at 11:00 am By Bruce Nourish

In response to growth, Chinese cities choose metros. Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle will open to traffic this fall ($), the state and contractors say. Morning Crank: Resolutely Pro-Housing. Here’s a PDF of PSRC’s funded 2017 Transportation Alternatives funding. Podcast ($): As Seattle faces an even worse traffic nightmare, do officials have a plan or […]

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News Roundup: Wrong Getaway Vehicle

January 11, 2018 at 5:34 am By Bruce Nourish

2008-2018: Seattle’s transformative decade ($). Radical subway extension and development idea quietly tucked into Cuomo’s State of the State. Of course, the subway system has to actually work before you can sanely consider extending it. A closer look at Seattle’s rising transit ridership. SDOT justifiably toots its own horn. West Seattle light rail: Why you […]

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News Roundup: The Case for the Subway

January 4, 2018 at 7:30 am By Bruce Nourish

The subway built New York; now it must be repaired at any price ($). Jonathan Mahler’s survey of the history and present of the New York subway is a tour de force. If you read only one thing this week, make it this. Transit riders in Wenatchee ($) can now use their smartphone to buy a […]

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News Roundup: Insane Preservation Decisions

December 27, 2017 at 7:21 am By Bruce Nourish

Seattle test will lead to regulations for dockless bike-share. What the Washington train derailment means for Cascadia high-speed rail. Speed control faces challenges ($), slowly gets rolling on Sounder trains. What Vancouver, B.C., can teach us about housing. When historic preservation clashes with housing affordability. Sightline’s Dan Bertolet catalogs several recent insane decisions from Seattle’s various […]

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News Roundup: Everything But 501

December 21, 2017 at 7:30 am By Bruce Nourish

Unsurprisingly, regional and national transportation news has been dominated since Monday by the tragic Amtrak 501 derailment. Because many of our readers are following the news of that accident via traditional or social media, and every outlet is working with the same (small) set of facts, I elected not to try and summarize all the […]

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