Midweek Roundup: go it alone

A battery bus served Kitsap Transit's Route 220 in early July (Zack Heistand). Kitsap Transit is steadily electrifying its bus fleet.

• Cartoonist Brett Hamil still thinks about the driver who drove up the tracks to Mount Baker Station (South Seattle Emerald)
• Metro Set to Go It Alone on RapidRide R Line, Won't Seek Federal Funding (The Urbanist)
• Sound Transit Asks Riders to Weigh In on 2027 Service Plan (The Urbanist)
• King County Metro pledged to boost bus security. How is it going? (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL)
• Bremerton Fast Ferry Headed for 35% Weekday Service Cut This Fall (The Urbanist)
• WA has blocked over 100,000 federal attempts to access license plate data (KUOW)
• Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn't Spending It. (The New York Times, gift link)
• Everett Transit's 2027 Transit Development Plan is available for review (Everett Transit)
• Tips for getting around Seattle for Torchlight Parade, Seafair Weekend Festival (SDOT Blog)
• Turn your ORCA Card into a bicycle lift pass + 4 other ORCA card sticker designs (Seattle Bike Blog)
• Ballard Goodwill may be redeveloped into 300-unit apartment building (My Ballard)
• Record time' - Belmont Village opens with 31 new shelter homes on Capitol Hill (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)
• City Council passes bill limiting land-use-related appeals; Saka amendment fails (West Seattle Blog)
• Issaquah Leads State With Program to Self-Certify Backyard Cottage Plans (The Urbanist)
• Katie Wilson tries to find balance in move from organizer to mayor (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL)
• Op-Ed: A Multiuse Path Building Spree Can Tackle Sidewalk Deserts (The Urbanist)
• Washington state's clean-energy bottleneck leads to calls for reform (KUOW)

This is an Open Thread.