Special guest Alex Hudson, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition

• Federal funding & Covid-19 response
• County ballot measure is…dead? (13:23)
• Legislative update (21:19)
• Fare enforcement (26:57)
• Eastside restructure (33:02)
• West Seattle bridge (38:34)

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• Metro’s long range plan and the countywide ballot
• RapidRide R (17:41)
• Monorail expansion (28:15)
• Car sharing (31:30)

• More Connect 2020 gripes
• University St naming (5:33)
• Fare enforcement (8:55)
• MVET bill (29:20)
• SDOT capital projects (34:50)
• North link restructure (46:58)

Note: when we recorded this last week, I-976 had just been upheld by a local court; the upper court has since temporarily sided with Sound Transit.

• Connect 2020 airing of the grievances
• 130th St infill station (18:20)
• Protected bus lanes (32:23)
• Low-income fares (35:27)
• Bike and scooter share (50:19)

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• Why is ridership growth slowing?
• Route 44
• I-976 on hold (new results maps)
• Ride2 cancelled
• Which avenue is your bus?

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• New city council
• I-976 impacts on Sound Transit and Metro (12:49)
• RapidRide K and a possible small victory in Eastgate (44:56)
• Sammamish (50:58)

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• Weekend link disruptions
• Second Montlake bridge? or not (6:41)
• 520 bus restructures (15:12)
• RapidRide J (25:05)
• King County’s new electrification initiative (38:05)

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• Lightning and transit ops
• Love for the NE Seattle restructure (2:29)
• Monorail and ORCA (9:41)
• Downtown Kirkland growth (13:22)
• Ridesharing redux (18:33)
• Wenatchee transit (32:44)
• Ill-timed fare enforcement (41:30)

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• SEPA reform
• Carsharing (8:44) 
• Bus lane enforcement in general… (27:00)
• West Seattle in particular (30:55)
• Passenger-miles matter (32:59)
• Least-reliable routes (36:53)
• Station access funds (38:08)

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We answer questions from the mailbag.

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• Housekeeping (1:04)
• Expedia (7:45)
• Endorsements (21:25)
• Next train signs (28:38)
• Community Transit restructures (32:48)
• Third Avenue (41:51)

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• West Seattle – Ballard goes to EIS (2:20)
• Access contract (18:40)
• Cascades (25:40)
• ADU legislation (44:18)

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• Follow up: Via (2:48)
• Congestion pricing report (7:56)
• Amtrak NTSB hearing (24:37)
• West Seattle – Ballard preferred alternative (32:57)
• OMF South (43:47)
• Scooters (50:03)

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• Mini transit report card: Ireland
• Via transit pilot (2:30)
• Free transit on snow days? (24:14)
• West Seattle and ST3 (29:33)
• Why doesn’t Seattle have scooters? (38:12)
• Speculation on the delayed congestion pricing report (45:33)

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• Car tabs in the legislature
• Transportation bill in the legislature (5:05)
• ST3 costs (22:39) Note: after recording, Sound Transit verified that the cost estimate applies to the representative alignment.
• Next steps for housing affordability (30:50)
• Delridge, Rainier, and the state of RapidRide (37:23)

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• Viadoom
• Times poll
• Center City Connector
• Chariot, Ride2, and autonomous buses
• Microsoft, Eastside mayors, and affordable housing

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We answer questions from the reader mailbag.

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