News Roundup: Quadruple

• Housing permit held up over unreliable transit, because "environmental" laws are used to ensure there's lots of parking. There are operational and legislative solutions.
• More questions about whether jaywalking should be a crime.
• Edmonds planning an upzone.
• Both bikeshare companies to quadruple by September.
• A deep dive on how bikeshare has done so far, including heat maps.
• Shifting alliances among single-family homeowners, urbanists, and housing activists. Some other good advice here.
• A fascinating interview with ST marketing director Tim Healy.
• Charging for parking reduces driving ($), especially a daily rate.
• An update on Madison BRT. Federal uncertainty may push everything back by 6 months or so.
• Funding for affordable housing next to Roosevelt Station.
• Link service disrupted ($) by a power outage in Sound Transit's equipment for most of the day.
• Cars arriving as fast as people ($); we're not doing a good enough job making carlessness attractive.
• Early data on distracted driving enforcement.
• TriMet reeling from a heat wave plus computer failure.
• It's always illuminating to see transit maps all drawn at the same scale.

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