Midweek Roundup: Transit Champions

Custom World Cup-oriented signage helps visitors navigate the Link system (Mike Orr).

Reminder: most transit agencies will be running Sunday/holiday service this Friday, July 3, in observation of Independence Day. Check your local agency's service alerts.

Reminder: To ensure there is enough space on trains, bikes and scooters are not allowed on trains on World Cup match days. There are matches today (July 1) and next Monday (July 6).

Transit & Streets:

• Sound Transit Board Advances West Seattle Link Into Final Design (The Urbanist)
• As Everett weighs transit merger, paratransit riders want same service (Everett Herald)
• Op-Ed: How the Seattle Transit Measure Can Benefit All (The Urbanist)
• Op-Ed: Seattle Needs Car-Free Streets (The Urbanist)
• New Report Outlines Clear Case for Removing SR 99 Through South Park (The Urbanist)
• How Do We Get Transit Champions on Transit Boards? (PubliCola)
• Sound Transit refunds debt for ~$23 million in savings (The Platform)
• Temporary Street Closures Along Aurora Ave N to improve public safety (SDOT Blog)

Land Use & Housing:

• Court of Appeals Ruling Pushes Out Next Phase of Seattle's Growth Plan Significantly' (The Urbanist)
• The Good, the Bad, and the UGA-ly as WA Growth Management Act Turns 35 (The Urbanist)
• KCRHA Spins the News that Homelessness Is Growing (PubliCola). Also in The Stranger.

This is an Open Thread.