Midweek Roundup – Open Thread 66
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6QTHS)
Fremont Bridge Open With U.S.S. Tatnuck Passing Under", dated August 27, 1936. Item 73874, courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives. Transit Updates:- The Urbanist: Metro Launches RapidRide G, Seattle's Most Ambitious Bus Rapid Transit Project. See our reader check-in posts for first-hand accounts: First Week and First Week, Part 2
- The Urbanist: West Seattle Link Cost Estimates Jump As Much As $1.6 Billion. STB article to come tomorrow.
- Kitsap Transit News: Kitsap Transit receives $13.5 million grant to buy new fast ferry for Kingston-Seattle route.
- Puget Sound Regional Council: PSRC Seeking Public Comment on $9.6 Billion Regional Transportation Improvement Program.
- The Urbanist: Keep Seattle Moving' Levy Campaign Kicks Off.
- PubliCola: Harrell Opposes Funding Social Housing; County Councilmember Zahilay Seeks $1 Billion Housing Investment.
- Seattle Times ($): Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle now open to bikes, pedestrians but still closed to vehicles after someone tried to drive through the automatic bollards last week. Also on Westside Seattle and the SDOT Blog.
- Seattle Times ($): Feds OK key stretch of Eastrail in Snohomish County.
- My Ballard: Weekend Ballard Bridge closure delayed due to weather.
- KUOW: As election day nears, climate repeal turns up the heat on WA's transportation budget crisis.
- The Urbanist: Renton Seeks to Create a New Urban Neighborhood Around Planned Transit.
- KUOW: Amazon is ordering employees to go back to pre-Covid, in-office schedules.
- PubliCola: Council Alternative" to Social Housing Would Raid JumpStart for Small, Short-Term Affordable Housing Pilot
- Seattle Bike Blog: WSDOT's e-bike rebate program still far from launching; also on the WSDOT blog.
- Seattle Times ($)What annoys Seattle drivers the most, according to readers; maybe some of these folks ought to try taking transit instead of driving everywhere.
- Wall Street Journal (gift link): Why the Pro-Housing Yimby' Movement Is Wading Into the Election.
- Mass Transit Magazine: The Transit" App now features safe bike routes - improving an already-excellent free app.
- Cascade PBS: WA's carbon auction prices - and gas prices - are down from 2023.
- Mass Transit Magazine: New U.S. DOE research shows investment in transit service would result in more transit use throughout Chicago, Ill; the modeling presented shows that a robust investment in transit creates a huge, generative effect for the region with nearly $19 billion in annual household savings, a 13-time return on the investment in service provided".
- Pedestrian Observations: Public Transportation and Gig Workers.
- Bloomberg CityLab: The Outsized Cost of Expanding US Roads
This is an Open Thread.