Sunday Double Feature: Major Expansions

Seattle Transit Blog 12/28 11:00P Mike Orr

Vancouver SkyTrain extensions, at-grade high-capacity transit corridors, and a gondola. (StainerTheFirst) Vancouver has been good at including stub ends for future extensions, thus minimizing disruptions to existing service when/if the extension...

Ridership Patterns for King County Metro Route 40

Seattle Transit Blog 12/26 11:00P Michael Smith

King County Metro’s Route 40 travels inbound from Northgate Station to downtown Seattle via Crown Hill, Ballard, Fremont, and South Lake Union. Outbound trips travel in the reverse direction. In...

Movie Special: Transit Ads

Seattle Transit Blog 12/24 8:24P Mike Orr

Some transit promotional videos. King County Metro ad: Metro Go : Travel Community Transit with Rick Steves. This four-part series was published for Lynnwood Link s opening. More videos below the fold. Bus Doggy Dogg: Eclipse , the Dogg, had her...

Holiday Hours

Seattle Transit Blog 12/24 5:11A Mike Orr

Tuesday December 24: Regular service on Metro , Link 1 Line and 2 Line , ST Express , Community Transit , and Pierce Transit . Reduced weekday service on Sounder and T Line . .. Agency shuttles: Metro Flex regular service, CT Zip regular service,...

Sunday Movie: Link and Housing

Seattle Transit Blog 12/21 11:00P Mike Orr

Can expanding Link generate enough new housing? (City Beautiful) This is an open thread.

Weekend Roundup: Closing Bus Stops

Seattle Transit Blog 12/19 11:00P Mike Orr

ST Express fares will decrease from $3.25 to $3.00 on March 1st. This matches Link s recent fare change and Metro s upcoming increase, so all three all three will have the same fare. Metro closed the bus stops at 12th & Jackson ($) , citing...

Metro operator killed in the U-District

Seattle Transit Blog 12/18 7:03A Sherwin Lee

Photo of the crime scene (Luke Duecy, KIRO) Just before 3am this morning, a King County Metro operator was stabbed to death in the U-District. From the Seattle Police Department blog : Just before...

Ridership Patterns for RapidRide H Line

Seattle Transit Blog 12/16 11:00P Michael Smith

King County Metro’s RapidRide H Line travels inbound from Burien to downtown Seattle, via White Center and Delridge. Outbound trips travel in the reverse direction. The H Line launched in March 2023,...

South Link Connections

Seattle Transit Blog 12/15 11:00P Wesley Lin

South Link Connections Phase 2 map King County Metro (KCM) prepares to update their bus routes for the upcoming Federal Way Link Extension (estimated opening 2026 Spring). View their website...

Sunday Double Feature: Chicago L

Seattle Transit Blog 12/14 11:00P Mike Orr

The longest subway platform in the US, spanning three stations and a closed station. (Trains are Awesome) Extend the Brown Line. (Joint Transit Association) This is an open thread.

SDOT Director Spotts Resigns

Seattle Transit Blog 12/11 12:00A Nathan Dickey

SDOT Director Spotts taking a selfie with King County Metro bus base operations staff on March 27, 2023. Photo courtesy of SDOT . On Tuesday morning, SDOT Director Greg Spotts announced his intent to...

Midweek Roundup: Reform

Seattle Transit Blog 12/10 11:00P Nathan Dickey

Sound Transit: Sound Transit Delays 1 Line Repairs, Schedules New Disruptions in Early 2025 (The Urbanist), additional details in Light rail problems compound to delay repair of UW Station power line (The Seattle Times, $) West Seattle businesses...

Chinatown 5th Avenue Shallow Diagonal Station

Seattle Transit Blog 12/8 11:00P Wesley Lin

CID 5th Avenue Shallow Diagonal map from Sound Transit The Chinatown 5th Avenue Shallow Diagonal (labeled CID-2a) station has returned as a potential implementation . Most notably it appears to be the...

Sunday Movie: The Dutch Secret to Safe Roads

Seattle Transit Blog 12/7 11:00P Mike Orr

How The Netherlands achieves high road safety. (Build The Lanes) We also recently covered street capacity in The Netherlands. (Not Just Bikes) This is an open thread.

RapidRide K Winter Updates

Seattle Transit Blog 12/5 11:00P Wesley Lin

Map of Chosen RapidRide K alignment through downtown Bellevue Bellevue City Council met late November and were shown a presentation for the locally preferred alternative by King County Metro for...