Midweek Roundup: hell or high water

Upcoming Link service impacts: Buses replace 1 Line trains between Rainier Beach and SeaTac/Airportthis weekend for track and power work on the Tukwila Curve. Link service reductions after 8pm resumed this week as construction of Pinehurst Station continues.

Local News:

• Light Rail Will Reach Tacoma Dome Come Hell or High Water', Pierce County Leaders Say (The Urbanist).
• Help SDOT make Seattle streets more accessible by completing their ADA survey (SDOT Blog). Survey is open until September.
• Outside Seattle, paid parking starts at some light rail garages (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL).
• SDOT Advances Upgrades for SoDo's Fourth Avenue To Handle Busway Closure (The Urbanist).
• Op-Ed: Three Proven Strategies for a People-Centered Puget Sound from Barcelona to Bogota (The Urbanist).
• Northgate's slow evolution from parking lots to a walkable Seattle neighborhood (KUOW)
• Washington State Gives Bainbridge Island Marching Orders on Housing Changes (The Urbanist).
• Stories from Dr. Wes' time as a cab driver in Seattle in the 1980s (Real Change News)
• Seattle front of the pack for bike commuting in U.S. cities (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL).
• Bellevue's Transportation Director Wants to Ramp Up Spending on Cars (The Urbanist)
• The newly-opened section of the 2 Line across Lake Washington experienced its first operational hiccup on Monday morning, when an eastbound train lost power for about 45 minutes on the approach to Mercer Island (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL).

Further Afield:

• Good Public Transit + Good Public Funding = Good Public Health (StreetsblogUSA)
• In car-dependent cities, people have no choice but to pay high gas prices to get where they need to go (Brookings).
• Parking reform is reshaping housing policy across the USA as eliminating off-street parking requirements makes it more economical to build more housing (Governing).

This is an open thread.