News Roundup: The Scourge

• ST signs $1.99 billion USDOT loan that will save it $200-300m.
• Tacoma building microhousing with no parking, teaching Seattle a thing or two.
• Multifamily market cooling a bit.
• Pierce Transit will start subsidizing Uber rides to feed transit. King County watching closely.
• Update to the Pedestrian Master Plan.
• Some P&Rs full by 7am.
• Tim Eyman quietly abandons his "we love our cars" anti-rail initiative.
• Urban planning in Everett.
• Josh Feit is right that we shouldn't build all those parking spaces, but I'm not sure the legal reasoning pans out.
• One issue with low-income housing is making sure it goes to the right tenants.
• Local judge saves Pioneer Square parking garage from the scourge of 200 new housing units.
• Jarrett Walker turning his attention to the bus system in Anchorage.
• A guide to holiday train rides.

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