News roundup: the future

• Seattle Times has a deep dive on the impact of I-976. You never like to see "hunger games" used as a metaphor in a headline.
• CM Pacheco comes out for scooters. Seattle Bike Blog has some ideas for the rollout.
• The city of LA wants to know every move you make on a scooter, in real time. Uber and Lime are resisting providing it.
• 3-day Cascadia HSR conference coming to Microsoft campus.
• Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, soon you'll be able to take high-speed rail from Disney World to a Disney Cruise line.
• Development along the Everett waterfront.
• Metro's Trailhead Direct service grew 75 percent in 2019 but still isn't funded for 2020.
• Next lane shift for the 520 bridge coming Nov 8-11.
• SR99 tunnel tolls start Nov 9, Aurora bridge emergency repairs ongoing.
• Bus lanes and bike lanes are great, but really any kind of asphalt art is a winner.
• The long, painful history of Seattle-area transit funding.
• Great to see Seattle Neighborhood Greenways' Home Zone pilot get some national press
• The future of transportation looks a lot like the past
• New York City Council working on a big bike/bus/ped package
• Bike lanes and bus lanes are often put in a zero-sum competition, but in Delridge, as ever, the real culprit is parking. CM Herbold, over to you.
• Mountlake Terrace upzones around light rail

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