Midweek Roundup: Week Without Driving 2026

Reminder: TCC is hosting the Sound Transit South King County Town Hall tonight, 6-7:30pm, at Highline College in Des Moines.

Local News:

• Op-Ed: Urging Transit Officials to Join the 2026 Week Without Driving (The Urbanist)
• The free Waterfront Shuttle will start circulating downtown Seattle on May 21 (Metro Matters)
• Sound Transit Board Grapples with Plan to Rebalance ST3 (The Urbanist) while Seattle city leaders call for both WSLE and BLE to be finished on time.
• Tell Sound Transit what you'd like to see at the Tacoma Dome Link Extension's stations (ST Project Update)
• Bellevue Gets Regional Buy-in for Grand Connection Crossing Plan (The Urbanist)
• Mayor Wilson says the Mayor Says KCRHA's Initial Response to Audit Findings Did Not Adequately Address My Concerns" (PubliCola)
• Discord brewing at City Hall as City Council staff complain that the Mayor's staff is ordering them around (PubliCola)
• The art deco sign bridge over the former Alaskan Way Viaduct now spans Bell Street at Western Ave in Belltown (Seattle Now And Then)
• Roadside Chat with SDOT's head of construction & mobility discussing the city's preparation for the FIFA World Cup this summer (SDOT Blog)
• Seattle finally legalized Shared Streets" where speed limits can be set as low as 10 mph and prioritize pedestrians while still allowing general traffic (Seattle City Council Blog)

Other News:

• E-Bike and scooter injury rates are are falling in Europe and rising in America (StreetsblogUSA)
• Los Angeles opened the first of three phases of its D Line subway extension last week (StreetsblogUSA)
• The NYC City Council and some advocates are pushing for cheaper bus rides instead of the free rides Mayor Mamdani famously campaigned on providing (The New York Times, gift link)

This is an Open Thread.