News Roundup: See Track? Think Train!
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6QZ4M)
Item 4017, Seattle Municipal Archives. 7th & Virginia, looking northwest up 7th Ave across Westlake. April 25, 1930. Compare with today. Transit Updates:- Sound Transit: Sept. 23-29 is See Track? Think Train!" Week. Previously called Rail Safety Week"; organized by Operation Lifesaver. Sound Transit has also launched a new website highlighting safety and security around at-grade crossings.
- The Urbanist: Seattle's Trolleybus Fleet To Get New Supercharged Batteries
- Seattle Bike Blog: Testing the in-bus bike racks on the new RapidRide G
- KUOW: Off the Charts: More people are returning to the office. Is Seattle traffic about to get worse?
- The Seattle Times ($): What we know about [last] week's light rail train stalls in Seattle
- Metro Matters: New elevated lighting brightens Third Avenue; also on the SDOT Blog.
- The Seattle Times ($): Pierce County to replicate Texas' huge solution to homelessness
- Seattle Bike Blog: There's finally a bike lane through the brick section of Pine St near Westlake Park
- The Seattle Times ($): Sound Transit CEO Goran Sparrman to get a raise and an extension
- The Urbanist: Home in Tacoma Rezone Advances, Comment Period Nears End
- The Seattle Times ($): A Seattle home for under $300,000? Yes, but with some strings attached
- The Urbanist: Harrell Proposal Would Relax Accessory Dwelling Unit Rules, Implement State Law
- The Stranger: Will a Dramatic Drop in Interest Rates Spark Another Construction Boom in Seattle?
- Seattle Now & Then: Sand Point Airfield, fall 1924
- Pedestrian Observations: The MTA Capital Plan Falsifies Subway History
- The Seattle Times ($): Housing's worst crisis in decades reverberates through 2024 race
- 9/25, 4:30 to6:30 pm: West Seattle Link Extension drop-in session: Delridge
- 10/1, 4:30 to6:30 pm: West Seattle Link Extension drop-in session: Alaska Junction/Avalon
- 10/2, 11am to1 pm: West Seattle Link Extension drop-in session: SODO
This is an Open Thread.