Sunday Movie: Melbourne

Holiday service Monday, October 13: Metro, Sound Transit, Community Transit, Pierce Transit, Seattle Streetcars, Vashon and West Seattle water taxis, and the Washington State Ferries are on regular Monday schedule for Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day. This is the day to ride Sounder, water taxis, or peak expresses if your work schedule doesn't usually allow it. Exceptions: The Seattle Monorail will start an hour later: 8:30am to 9pm. Kitsap Transit has regular service except these that won't operate: routes 81 and 219, Annapolis foot ferry, Worker/Driver buses.

Melbourne, Australia, a highly livable city. (CityNerd) At 9:42 there's a glimpse of a sibling of Seattle's former waterfront streetcar.

City Beautiful has a series on Planning Basics. So far there are episodes on land use, zoning, and housing.

Michael Smith is away for three weeks so he's not writing the Friday Roundup. I was going to have an article Friday on trails but it's not finished yet. Michael will resume the column when he gets back.

This is an open thread.