News roundup: September highlights
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#5R6VK)
- Pingo" Microtransit in Kent
- STRide lines will open in 2026 and 2027
- New bus to Portland ($) on high-traffic days
- Pierce Transit expanding its Runner" microtransit to the Port
- Bike helmet law may be on the way out
- PSRC allotment of Federal transit subsidies more contentious than usual
- Local businesses vs ped/bus improvements
- A new website for Everett Link
- Dow putting more money into bus electrification
- Metro sued over hit-and-run
- Long after it was supposed to be done, RapidRide G construction ($) finally about to start
- The Victoria Clipper is back
- Streetcars to Fremont? Magnolia!?!
- Double tracking in Edmonds (2023)
- HOV snitch line is closing down
- All Aboard Washington has a new vision map
- In case you don't know what local treasure Mike Lindblom looks and sounds like
- Electric buses have teething troubles ($)
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