News Roundup: An Early Peek

• Road pricing doesn't get much love, but it eases gridlock ($). Notably, transpo chair Sen. Curtis King claims tolling should not try to "change the dynamics of what people want to do" despite that fact that all transportation infrastructure does precisely that.
• Battery bus maker Proterra shifts into higher gear ($), has competition. This interview with one of Proterra's leaders on the Overhead Wire is also good.
• West Seattle gets an early peek at light rail plans.
• Seattle Times covers One Center City and the Convention Center Expansion pretty smartly ($).
• Downtown advocates opine for a new high school in or adjacent to Seattle Center ($), pushing back on a Brier Dudley suggestion to put it in the middle of nowhere ($).
• If an I-5 lid is used for housing instead of empty space, count me in.
• 235 homes coming to Ft. Lawton.
• Sale of Convention Place is final.
• A review of the coming flood of bikeshare options.
• Mountlake Terrace delays light rail permits, gets briefing on station plan.
• Vision Zero has an app.
• Downtown Spokane survived the freeway-building era and is on the rise. It has cool historic buildings, you should visit.
• Reaction's to C-Tran's Vine BRT.
• Who's to blame for poor transit etiquette?

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