News Roundup: Reflections

• Roosevelt station progressing [DJC]
• Car makes illegal left, gets hit by light rail [KIRO]
• Sen. Reuven Carlyle reflects on ST3 after reading Zach" [Reuven Carlyle's blog]
• " while Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon writes a full-throated rebuttal" [PubliCola]
• " and Rich Soltz of OneAmerica piles on [the Stranger]
• Wallace Properties - yes, that Kevin Wallace - making bank on transit-oriented development [PSBJ]
• Mercer Slough neighbors looking to protect the park. [Seattle Times]
• City proposes a density-neutral rezone in Ballard [The Urbanist]
• An autopsy of Hyperloop One. 19th-century trains, anyone? [Yahoo! Finance]
• Dan Bertolet looks at the root causes driving housing displacement [Sightline]
• NIMBYism could be sucking $8B per month out of the Bay Area economy" [Brad Delong]
• "fortunately, the (likely) next VP is on the case [CNN]
• Is Oregon DOT more than just a state highway department? Should it be? [OregonLive]
• Investigating bike accidents on streetcar tracks [Seattle Times]

Photo: Northgate TC from above by SounderBruce

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