Tag: Open thread

Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (August 30); RapidRide G (September 14)

Transit Updates:

More midday water taxi trips for the Vashon Route. Seattle Times ($) says the additional runs hope to make up for reduced WA State Ferries service.

Four Pierce Transit operators join the 1-million-club. The “club” includes operators who have driven 1 million miles or more with zero preventable accidents.

Reconstruction of 15 Ave NW and repaving of Ballard Bridge to start July 8; overnight closures expected. No word on RapidRide D-etours, yet.

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This is an Open Thread.

This is an Open Thread.

Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (August 30).

Transit Updates:

This weekend (June 1-2) has several Link reductions. Columbia City station will be single-tracked. Every other train will terminate at Stadium and not go further south, giving 10-minute frequency north of Stadium and 20-minute frequency south. Link will be closed between SeaTac and Angle Lake stations; passengers can use RapidRide A as an alternative. Additional work at SeaTac is ongoing through June 25. This all is to connect the East Link and Federal Way Link segments to the mainline, and to repair tiles at Columbia City station. The James Street Pioneer Square station entrance is closed through June 7 to install a display sign, although the elevator is open.

Discovery Park bus shuttle. A free shuttle bus runs within the park on Saturdays through September 7th. It connects the North, East, and Beach parking lots. Buses run every 30 minutes between 11am and 5:30pm, with the last run from the beach at 5:15pm. Metro route 33 terminates near the east lot. Route 24 terminates at the south entrance, which is not on the shuttle.

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Jarrett Walker is a world-renowned transit-network consultant, and the author of the Human Transit book and Human Transit blog. At a UCLA forum he discusses his philosophy and answers extensive questions. Topics include transit as “freedom of opportunity”, good vs bad route and land use designs, why the locations of buildings is the make or break of transit, the dangers of elite projection (e.g., “the tech commuter”), and much more.

This is an open thread.

Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (August 30).

Transit Updates:

Sound Transit has posted ridership data for April, showing stable ridership from March to April. No, the 2 Line isn’t listed, yet.

The Urbanist writes on Metro’s continued labor capacity issues.

The Federal Way Link overhead power system is being connected to Angle Lake Station. This will give the ability to store more trains south of Angle Lake Station when Lynnwood Link opens. Various service reductions are in effect south of SeaTac Station through June 22nd.

ST is asking for input on TOD design at Federal Way Station through June 3.

ST has a survey on Stride station names through May 31. Nathan listed the alternatives in an earlier open thread. There’s also a survey on TOD design at Federal Way Station through June 3.

Seattle Subway has a petition asking the Sound Transit board not to pursue the new South Lake Union alternatives for Ballard Link. ST staff are against it too.

Local News & Miscellaneous

The Seattle Times ($) reviews the recently-released 2023 population estimates showing a slowdown in Seattle.

Berlin and Nuremberg in Germany are considering TSB maglev train lines. We wrote about TSB technology in December.

Ron Davis writes about how increasing density doesn’t lower the cost of housing per se, but increasing supply does.

In New York City, curbside parking might be an endangered species (NYT, free).

This is an open thread.

This is an open thread.