Midweek Roundup: Nervous

Seattle Transit Blog 4/30 12:31A Nathan Dickey

10 days  until the  Downtown Redmond Link Extension opens on May 10. Sound Transit has more opening day details . Seattle ST3 Project Updates: The Sound Transit Board is still nervous about the cost of the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions...

Sunday Movies: China

Seattle Transit Blog 4/27 2:00A Mike Orr

Shenzhen Metro, staggering powerhouse. (RMTransit) Shanghai Metro, the world s largest. (RMTransit) This is an open thread.

Midweek Roundup: Crosswalk Hack

Seattle Transit Blog 4/23 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Washington Street, East from First Avenue, April 10, 1929, courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives ( Item 3257 ). Similar view in February 2023 (Google Street View). 17 days  until the  Downtown...

Sunday Movie: Zürich Walk and Funiculars

Seattle Transit Blog 4/20 1:55A Mike Orr

A walk around Zürich interviewing transportation engineering professor Norman Garrick. (Active Towns) Two rides on very different funiculars at 2:05 and 52:23. The first part of the video is the old town and, at the other end of the first...

Midweek Roundup: ST Merch

Seattle Transit Blog 4/16 12:00A Nathan Dickey

24 days until the Downtown Redmond Link Extension opens on May 10. Sound Transit recently announced opening day details . Local Transit News: Surveys! WSDOT is asking for input on revising the state rail plan by June 24. This affects Cascades,...

Sunday Movie: Where Gondolas Make Sense

Seattle Transit Blog 4/13 2:34A Mike Orr

Where gondolas make sense and where they aren t, La Paz and London edition. (Wendover Productions) The Seattle Gondola Blog continues . This is an open thread.

Link 1 Line in Downtown Seattle reduced to “shuttle train” April 14-23

Seattle Transit Blog 4/12 1:00A Nathan Dickey

Riders transfer between trains via a temporary center platform built at Pioneer Square Station for Connect 2020 (Sound Transit). Permanent center platforms would vastly improve rider experience. As...

Montlake Lid Bus Stops Opening April 12th

Seattle Transit Blog 4/11 4:00A Alex Kvenvolden

Bus stop on Montlake Blvd NE opening April 12th. King County Metro announced today that the bus stops on the Montlake lid over SR 520, which are the last element of the Montlake interchange and lid to...

Ridership Patterns for East Link Connections

Seattle Transit Blog 4/10 12:00A Michael Smith

In preparation for the upcoming openings of Sound Transit’s Downtown Redmond Link Extension and full East Link Extension , King County Metro has outlined the planned changes to its Eastside network....

Midweek Roundup: Save Curby

Seattle Transit Blog 4/9 12:00A Nathan Dickey

31 days until the Downtown Redmond Link Extension opens on May 10. Sound Transit recently announced opening day details . WSDOT opened the state s first e-bike rebate lottery today (Seattle Bike Blog). The state will award about 10,000 rebates at...

Sunday Movie: I-90 in the 1970s

Seattle Transit Blog 4/6 3:00A Mike Orr

Driving from Mercer Island to downtown Seattle in 1973. (Mark Tyrrell) Seattle Now & Then article on the video. There s one mistake in both the video and the article. US Highway 10 had been renamed to I-90 earlier, even though the road wasn t...

Midweek Roundup: Fix the L8

Seattle Transit Blog 4/2 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Route 14 trolleybus turns from 2nd Ave S to S Washington in April 1977 ( Mitchell Libby ). The trolleybus network was significantly revamped the following year . A similar view in July 2021 (note the...

Amtrak Cascades service recovering this week

Seattle Transit Blog 4/1 12:00A Nathan Dickey

An Amtrak Empire Builder train pushes five Amfleet I cars through Everett Station on their way to Seattle ( SounderBruce via reddit ) The Seattle Times ($) , Trains Magazine , and The Urbanist are...

Sunday Movie: ADUs

Seattle Transit Blog 3/30 2:00A Mike Orr

Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) can help ease the housing shortage and give people a wider choice of housing types and locations. (City Beautiful) Service changes at several transit agencies started yesterday. This is an open thread.

Angle Lake Station Closed

Seattle Transit Blog 3/27 5:02A Mike Orr

Angle Lake station on the Link 1 Line is closed due to a power outage. Trains are still running between SeaTac and Lynnwood. Peak hour trains are running every 10 minutes this morning instead of 8 minutes. This may affect future peak periods....