Most read posts of 2021

2021 was the slowest year at STB in well over a decade. Nevertheless, both readers and commenters turned out when we did:

Most Read

1. The Fate of Washington State Highway 304" (10/25). One of our new writers, Melony Joyce, sketches the big picture for our ferries, was almost five times as viral as the next most popular post.
2. East link restructure: Bellevue & Redmond" (9/25). After the hiatus, Frank takes us back to our bread and butter, bus restructures.
3. East Link restructure: Bothell, Duvall, Kirkland, Redmond, Woodinville" (9/30). Oran covers a slightly less popular corner of the County.
4. Light rail cascades into Snohomish County" (6/23). Former staffer Lizz takes photos of Link construction.
5. How to park at Northgate Station" (10/26). Frank provides a very practical guide to a confusing issue.
6. Ready the ballot box: Seattle wants Northgate-style light rail expansion citywide" (9/23). The board of Seattle Subway connects the excitement of Northgate with its broader agenda for citywide rail.
7. For the lack of an announcement" (12/1). Riders trapped for hours in a tunnel is a one-off fiasco, but I argue it's an extreme example of persistently poor rider communication.
8. Sound Transit could make Lakewood to Seattle bus service faster instead of slower" (8/19). Alex suggests a small change to make things better for riders.
9. Community Transit builds new connections at Northgate" (9/27) New writer Mike Bjork previews the first wave of Link responses by CT.
10. Open things when they're ready" (10/5) I argue that we should just open stuff when it's done, not wait for all the services to come in together.

Most Commented

1. Sound Transit could make Lakewood to Seattle bus service faster instead of slower" (8/19, 420 comments). 3rd all time!
2. Link frequencies will increase on June 12" (6/7, 288 comments). People were excited to take a step towards normal.
3. Weekend open thread: Public Health recommends masking again" (7/24, 273 comments). Readers bring up the usual inflammatory topics.
4. Weekend open thread: e-bikes could change cities forever" (8/14, 237 comments)
5. West Seattle-Ballard Link costs revised more than $4 billion higher" (1/7, 207 comments) Dan discusses the worst local transit news to emerge in several years.
6. Weekend open thread: parking requirements ruin restaurants" (9/3, 204 comments)
7. Weekend open thread: Welcome Northgate, Roosevelt and U District" (7/10, 201 comments). Our dear readers don't really need us to write anything to get going.
8. News roundup: part 2 of 2" (5/6, 199 comments)
9. South Bellevue Park & Ride reopens to little fanfare" (11/17, 166 comments). Sherwin shares a good example of opening stuff when it's ready.
10. Fixing ST's costs requires a legislative agenda" (10/11, 165 comments). Largely misunderstood, I argue that agencies should build a lobbying agenda to revise environmental laws to make it easier to build projects.

Have a pleasant 2022.