Midweek Roundup: hope this helps

Seattle Transit Blog 11/18 11:00P Nathan Dickey

Local Transit News: Build the Damn Trains is easier said than done (The Urbanist). Building planned infill stations for the damn trains to serve might be even harder (The Urbanist) Pierce Transit received national and local sustainability awards...

King County Metro’s Most Productive Routes

Seattle Transit Blog 11/17 1:00A Michael Smith

King County Metro recently completed the 2025 System Evaluation , which is expected to be published later this month. This report is a review of Metro s service in 2024 and highlights where additional...

Sunday Movies: One-Way Streets & Self Storage

Seattle Transit Blog 11/15 11:00P Mike Orr

All about one-way streets. (City Beautiful) Americans have gone crazy for self-storage units. (Wendover Productions) This is the last of the movie backlog, so future Sunday Movies will depend on if I can find more relevant movies. This is an open...

Friday Roundtable: Tokyo’s Trams vs Seattle’s Streetcars

Seattle Transit Blog 11/13 11:00P Michael Smith

At first glance, the passenger rail systems in Seattle and Tokyo have nothing in common. Seattle has seven passenger rail lines (1 Line, 2 Line, S Line, N Line, First Hill Line, South Lake Union Line,...

Denny Way Mode Share

Seattle Transit Blog 11/9 11:00P Guest Contributor

By JASON LI King County Metro’s Route 8 is the slowest and least reliable bus route in the entire city. That was proven this summer when hundreds of transit advocates outwalked and outdanced the bus...

Sunday Movies: Honolulu Metro & Toronto LRT

Seattle Transit Blog 11/8 8:00P Mike Orr

Honolulu s automated metro had an extension open last month, and a third phase started construction this summer. The video discusses four levels of automation, and the last section talks about how to partly automate Chicago s Blue L Line. (Car...

Midweek Roundup: Mad Max Mode

Seattle Transit Blog 11/4 11:03P Nathan Dickey

See yesterday s post for ongoing election updates & discussion. Transit & Streets: Business owners in Federal Way are excited for the upcoming Link extension (King 5) Seattle Budget Tweaks Would Add Transit Security Czar, Rescue Waterfront...

Election Open Thread

Seattle Transit Blog 11/3 11:00P Mike Orr

There s an election today. Vote. STB Endorsements are here . Initial results will be available shortly after the 8pm closing time, and this article will be updated then and if there are significant changes in subsequent days. There s also a New...

Route Ridership Index

Seattle Transit Blog 11/2 11:00P Michael Smith

Here s an index of the routes in our Ridership Patterns series so far, and the next ones on the todo list. Each route article has stop-by-stop ridership data, and which stops have all-day bidirectional demand vs peak-hour peak-direction, and...

Sunday Movie: Amtrak is Looking Up

Seattle Transit Blog 11/1 10:32P Mike Orr

Amtrak is fulfilling its mandate, increasing ridership, getting new trains, and getting better at partnering with states for potential new routes. Cascades is at 9:21; the eastern end of the Empire Builder is before that. (Wendover Productions)...

Trolley bus improvements

Seattle Transit Blog 10/31 10:17P Martin Pagel

While the rollout of battery-electric buses (BEBs) has been slowed by the cost of building the charging infrastructure and availability of capable BEBs, Metro is upgrading and expanding its trolley bus network. The current trolleys have only a...

Friday Roundtable: Ghost Bridges, Spooky Stops, and Haunted Wires

Seattle Transit Blog 10/31 3:58A Michael Smith

Tucked along the roaring edge of I-5, just north of the Ship Canal Bridge, sits an island platform with a Metro bus stop sign with spots for 18 routes. Yet, no buses will stop at this platform today....

Midweek Roundup: “Tactical Urbanism”

Seattle Transit Blog 10/29 11:05P Nathan Dickey

2025 General Election: Ballots are due Tuesday, Nov. 4, by 8pm . Use a ballot drop box to ensure your vote is counted! Check your County s voting guide to find a box near you. We posted our endorsements last week. For further reading, there s...

Dangerous By Design: Candidate Perspectives on MLK Way

Seattle Transit Blog 10/28 11:00P Michael Smith

This is part 3 of a 3-part series. Over the past two days, we ve discussed the hazardous conditions of MLK Way and outlined a few possible changes the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and...

Dangerous By Design: Potential Improvements for MLK Way

Seattle Transit Blog 10/27 10:32P Michael Smith

This is part 2 of a 3-part series. Martin Luther King Jr Way South is a dangerous street for everyone. As discussed in Part 1 , the 2,772 crashes since 2009 prove that something needs to change. Both...