News roundup: part 1 of 2
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#5HC7T)
- Move Seattle has a public dashboard
- TCC is hiring
- Also a quarterly report on Reconnect West Seattle
- Judkins Park gets Jimi Hendrix themed art
- Comment on the Federal Way station design
- There's going to be a new bus layover facility on Eastlake Avenue
- Sen. Joe Nguyen (D-West Seattle) will challenge Dow Constantine for King County Executiye, the most single most important office for local transit
- Claudia Balducci is the new president of the PSRC
- It was a historic legislative session but not a big one for transportation, unless they later pass a package and thus the carbon legislation takes effect
- RapidRide I (Renton/Auburn) to have 3 tiers of station quality
- Nobody wants to be displaced for a Link maintenance facility, but a former Auburn Mayor is thinking clearly about the problem
- Here come the curbless streets
- Who gets what from the stimulus
- Provide feedback on parking and curb space near Roosevelt
- Americans should learn more about rail from other countries
This is an open thread.