News Roundup: Embrace the Changes

• SDOT "four to five years away" (!) from really getting started at Mt. Baker Station.
• Embrace the changes ($) coming to the U-District.
• Commercial flights coming to Paine Field in 2017?
• What are Scott Kubly's prospects?
• Seattle applies for federal grant ($) for Lander St. overpass.
• Cascade Bicycle Club wants more ST3 funds for bike and ped station access.
• Renton, somewhat belatedly, wishes ST3 had more for them.
• Spokane Transit Authority will try again for a new tax, this time in November.
• Port of Seattle mulling Seatac expansion plans.
• Tacoma Link fares postponed indefinitely; City to pay ST.
• Six months into I-405 HOT lanes, most trips are faster. But WSDOT's billing system still a complete fiasco ($).
• Waterfront might not have bus lanes.
• Another E Line stop in Fremont?
• SDOT looking at expanding parking meters.
• CAHSR tinkering with the plan.
• The secret lives of bus drivers.
• SLU is great, but would have been better if Seattle weren't so antsy about height.
• Everett ST3 open house reactions.
• Save Our Trail NIMBYs unwilling to even consider study of Kirkland transit options.
• Lessons from the 2nd Ave cycle track.
• Sumner residents say they want more Sounder parking, also a pedestrian bridge.
• Poetry on Buses (and trains) is back.
• Still no clear answer on why the SDOT has delayed bike improvements from Move Seattle.
• Stadium Station getting some development.
• Seattle Children's looking to hire a transportation planner.
• What if we'd passed Forward Thrust?
• KING5's Viaduct advice: "Ditch the bus for light rail."
• Has Metro reached peak carbon?

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