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2 days ago · Seattle Now & Then reviews the history of the Bon Marche’s Christmas Train display. Transit & Streets: The bus lanes on Aurora will be enforced 24/7 while WSDOT works on repaving I-5 from Downtown to Northgate from 2025-2027 (The Urbanist); Bus operator and writer Nathan Vass comments on the killing of Shawn Yim and transit safety (The Urbanist). ). Meanwhile, the Seattle Times ($) details ...
January-February Link Reductions – Seattle Transit Blog
5 days ago · Link 1 Line winter reductions start today through February 27 for a variety of maintenance tasks, as outlined in the December 5 Passenger Impact report and covered in the Urbanist, and the Seattle Times ($).. Overview. Reduced 1 Line Evening Service: starting at 5:30 pm trains will run every 12 minutes (instead of 8-10 minutes).Note that this includes part of …
Metro Kicks Off South Link Connections – Seattle Transit Blog
Apr 1, 2024 · King County Metro has started the first phase of South Link Connections, which will be used to determine how Metro bus should be changed upon the launch of the Federal Way Link Extension, which is anticipated to be in 2026.This phase is mainly a needs assessment, where Metro listens to feedback from riders, or potential riders, about how they use transit service, and what changes might benefit ...
Most read & commented STB posts of 2024 – Seattle Transit Blog
Dec 31, 2024 · This year saw a handful of new writers join STB’s staff and a few excellent serial posts sparking good discussion. In the transit world, we saw the opening of the RapidRide G Line, the Link 2 Line Starter Line, the Lynnwood Link Extension, bus restructures in King and Snohomish Counties, and continued rebound in ridership from the lows of 2020.
Community Transit Restructure – 2024 and Beyond
Sep 13, 2024 · Around Bothell, Community Transit will be deleting existing Route 105 with service supplanted by Swift Green Line and extending existing 30 minute peak / hourly weekend Route 120 to UW Bothell/ Cascadia.. Route 106, 120, 121 changes CT System map of Mill Creek and Bothell. There is also the new Route 121 and adjusting Route 106‘s hours though continuing with hourly frequency.
Weekend Roundup: New Zoning – Seattle Transit Blog
Oct 18, 2024 · Transit: Metro Matters: Metro’s first battery-electric base to be named Tukwila The Platform: Sound Transit Police bike unit boosts system safety with increased visibility and flexibility The Platform: Making it easier to take the S Line; Sound Transit summarizes five station access and parking projects under way at Sounder South Line stations. The Seattle Times ($): Why trains are 2 minutes ...
First Week – Seattle Transit Blog
Sep 16, 2024 · So many homeless people yet so many jobs. Even worse, we have jobless people living on welfare (basically our tax dollars that could be going towards better transit and competitive labor wages), and “work at home” people making minimal contributions but earning huge salaries from tech companies.
Midweek Roundup: Long-Term Gains – Seattle Transit Blog
Nov 6, 2024 · Seattle streetcar, University Way, ca. 1939; Courtesy Paul Dorpat via HistoryLink.org Election 2024. Discussion of election results can be found in yesterday’s thread, but here are some news items:. The Urbanist: Early Washington State Election Results Are Favorable for Progressives The Seattle Times ($): Seattle Proposition 1 …
First Week, Part 3 – Seattle Transit Blog
Sep 20, 2024 · It’s the seventh day of the restructure, and Link had power outages this week. How are things today? Mini news roundup: What happened to RapidRide G this week and how is Metro fixing it? (Rya…
Swift Blue Improvements – Seattle Transit Blog
Oct 26, 2024 · Community Transit will be improving Swift Blue along Evergreen Way in Lake Stickney (an unincorporated area north of Lynnwood) and Everett. The Swift corridor consists of Aurora Avenue, Pacific Highway and Evergreen Way. It currently has some BAT lanes with gaps. The new projects will fill in those gaps with new BAT lanes and potentially the missing sidewalks along the corridor.