News roundup: Happy Thanksgiving
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#5AWTQ)
- Kurt Schlosser test drives a Wheels Scooter.
- Puyallup parking breaks ground.
- ST schedules for this weekend.
- Comment on the Sounder concession fares.
- A Mt Baker-Judkins Park bike connection will be valuable.
- Lisa Herbold argues that VLF should fund bridges.
- ST 2021 service changes formally approved.
- This series on race and mobility is interesting.
- SDOT traffic forecasts might be too gloomy, but the Ballard Bridge is aging, too.
- Congrats to longtime friend of the blog Rachel Smith, now CEO of the Chamber of Commerce.
- Art at the Kent Link stations.
- ST's credit rating still solid.
- But the Council ends up agreeing to raise another $20 per car ($) and punting the issue of how to spend it to stakeholders."
- Still $2 billion short for a new I-5 Columbia crossing.
- Riding transit during the pandemic is pretty safe.
- Don't count on a Biden bailout of CAHSR.
- Promising options for USDOT Secretary, but unions already fighting any reduction in headcount (not a great sign)
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