News Roundup: Town Hall

• Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson says upgrading HOV lanes to 3+ "is part of the tools in the toolbox," but there are no current plans to go beyond I-405.
• Feds grant $38.5m of the $53m cost of Clark County's "the Vine" BRT, already under construction.
• USDOT also contributes $2m more to Tacoma Link; about $70m of the $165m cost is now in hand.
• Community Transit spending $2m to add service hours solely to make schedules reflect reality due to congestion.
• This KING5 Town Hall on ST3 has good info. Dow Constantine says "we are going to get to" Everett, Tacoma, Downtown Redmond, Ballard, and West Seattle with light rail, plus "real bus rapid transit" on I-405, and many other smaller projects.
• KING5 also seeking lessons from other cities, gets Washington, DC basically correct.
• There's also a worthwhile interview with Mayor Murray and SDOT's Scott Kubly on Move Seattle and other items.
• Grays Harbor County ends its Sunday service trial, citing low ridership.
• The 130th St Station advocacy group having a meeting on Oct. 6th.
• Spokane Transit rolling out a OneBusAway-type app.
• Eliminating many turns on red will prevent injuries.
• Mercer Island hiring consultants in the war to retain their special privileges.
• If you haven't been to Columbia City for a while, stuff has changed. But in a healthy city neighborhoods are always changing.
• Alert Fox News: light rail brings witchcraft and shamanism.

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