News Roundup: Hat Trick
by Frank Chiachiere from Seattle Transit Blog on (#4FT11)
5th & Marion (SDOT)
- A Tale of Two Upzones: Seattle and Minneapolis.
- Farhad Manjoo vs the NIMBYs.
- And for the zoning hat trick, here's NBC News on Seattle's housing crisis.
- Wait" one more: suburbanization of the city.
- Meanwhile, Seattle's still growing.
- Everett Herald's take on Seattle's possible transit tunnels.
- New bus lane at 4th Ave S and Seattle Blvd S.
- It would be welcome to see a bike lane get better after public input.
- More RapidRide H open houses in Burien and Delridge.
- While we're focused on Amtrak safety, let's note that 1 in 6 Uber and Lyft cars in NYC and King County, WA have open safety recalls.
- An audit of Seattle's school bus program.
- When SR-509 is finally complete we can divert all freight there and tear down I-5, right?
- DC Metro rethinking strollers-on-buses policy. Good lord, that was a stressful time in my life and I'm glad it's over.
- A glowing profile of Seattle's approach to transit from Politico may have missed some voices
- WSDOT is looking at ways to expedite the retirement of the Series VI Talgos in the wake of the NTSB's Pt. Defiance crash report.
- If you don't know the history of Seattle's street grid, KUOW has a primer
- Central Seattle Greenways heard from the community on Pike/Pine bike lanes
- The much-awaited congestion pricing report is out. More on this soon.