Midweek Roundup: Unfinished Metropolis

Reminder: Link service in Downtown will close early on Friday.
Discussion about the Ballard Link Extension continues on yesterday's article.

Update: All Metro buses will stop for a moment Thursday at 2:54am and 2:54pm in memorial for slain bus driver Shawn Yim. Details in a comment below.

• Op-Ed: It's Time to Imagine a Safer, More Connected Rainier Avenue (The Urbanist)
• Op-Ed: Seattle Monorail Should Honor Transfers, Be Treated Like Real Transit (The Urbanist)
• Parking Enforcement Officers On Work Slowdown After Contract Negotiations Stall (PubliCola)
• Transit Riders Union Charts New Course After Katie Wilson's Election (Hacks and Wonks)

• Amtrak workers will receive $900 Christmas Bonus" in a deal reportedly made between USDOT and Amtrak to reallocate 50% of the Amtrak executive team's bonuses to its workers.
• Bill Schneider, author of The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution, joined the Talking Headways" podcast to discuss the origins of NIMBYism and how people forgot that cities used to always get denser with time (Streetsblog USA)
• Discussions about housing affordability often forget the costs of transportation (The Overhead Wire).
• NEPA reform might unlock infrastructure and housing projects, but at what cost? (Heatmap, soft $)
• Automated delivery robots have taken over" sidewalks in Chicago's North Side, sparking debate over who and what sidewalks are for (Block Club Chicago)
• Los Angeles gondola news: Metro votes to approve Dodger Stadium gondola project despite protests (The LA Times, soft $)
• Crumbling Parking Garages Get a New Life (The New York Times, gift link)
• We don't need to overthink induced demand to act on it (State Smart Transportation Initiative)

This is an open thread.