Midweek Roundup – Open Thread 52
A model for First Avenue? A quiet stretch of Leith Walk, a pedestrian, bicycle, and tram-oriented street in Edinburgh, Scotland, last Monday evening. Photo by Nathan Dickey. Countdowns: Lynnwood Link (August 30). Video of testing at Shoreline North.
It's Ride Transit Month (and Pride Month). Join the Transit Riders Union, Seattle Subway, and the Transportation Choices Coalition tonight at 5:30pm for the Ride Transit Month Social, located at Olmstead in Capitol Hill.
Transit Updates:Sound Transit's Fare Ambassadors begin platform payment checks.
Pierce Transit invites public comment on its proposed 2024-2029 Transit Development Plan. See our series last week for comment inspiration.
Local NewsSeattle's Ramps to Nowhere" to become a park ($).
A look at the final design of Washington State Ferries' hybrid-electric ferries ($).
WSDOT is formally requesting bids to build five new boats.
Overhaul of Bellevue's Wilburton Trestle begins as part of Eastrail ($).
Six people died using our transportation system last week.
Mountlake Terrace adds housing close to light rail station.
Opinions & MiscellaneousWhy some high-rise zones in Seattle are built up, and others aren't.
I-137 would mean funding a housing model for all.
Including buyers of cars, gas, plastics, meat, et cetera as polluters who should pay for carbon pollution.
What's really behind the elevated retail vacancy in downtown cores?
Colorado shifts from building highways to transit ($).
How high interest rates and flattening rents are slowing development.
Video: How the SR 104 Hood Canal Bridge opens and closes (WSDOT; 1:57)
Not all links reflect the views of the Seattle Transit Blog or its editors.
This is an Open Thread.