Open Thread 40

The Urbanist has a 2024 advocacy agenda.

SDOT is selecting construction contractors for seven projects including street upgrades for bus routes 40 and 48, 4th Avenue protected bike lanes, pedestrian bridge reinforcement, and other sidewalk and bike projects.

Route 8 has a fan club who wants to speed it up. The have a petition to the city that's looking for signatures.

Pine Street will close March 9-10 between Melrose and 8th Avenues to convert that segment to one-way westbound. [Update 3/6/2024: The closure is Saturday March 9 between 7am and 5pm. Wet weather could extend it into Sunday.] Pike Street was converted last November. This extends the one-way system east to Melrose Avenue in southwest Capitol Hill. It's part of a complete-street makeover for Pike-Pine.

Where New York subway cars ($) go for repair.

Eastside Transit: a YouTube channel with videos on the Line 2 Starter Line testing.

This is an open thread.