News Roundup: Of Interest to Us

• The legislature is back at work, and still going after Sound Transit.
• Erica interviews mayoral candidate Cary Moon on topics of interest to us.
• Transportation strategies ($) for the dueling Key Arena proposals.
• Move Seattle will bring forward SPU work, raising rates in the short term.
• Legislature scales back $1m high speed rail study to $300,000; scope is Portland to Vancouver, results are due Dec. 15th.
• Comparing bicycling in Cascadia's three largest cities.
• This Times op-ed ($) conforms to all my existing policy analyses, and is therefore good.
• Pronto's death may clear space for private bike-share to arrive in force. In which case, I say good riddance.
• Concerns about displacing businesses ($) in Little Saigon; but specific rules about business leases seem preferable to limiting overall size.
• Reviewing zoning for Issaquah Olde Town.
• A retrospective on January's Vine BRT launch.
• What to do with obsolete parking garages ($).
• Finally, studying autonomous buses.

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