News Roundup: Fancy Apps

• 1.5 mile I-5 shoulder lane ($) opened Monday between Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.
• Bainbridge Island voters reject safer streets.
• Thurston County voters approve Proposition 1 for Intercity Transit.
• 23rd Avenue work moving along, though there's no timeline for RapidRide.
• Kitsap Transit creates $4m rainy day fund, $5 day pass.
• Lime to enter the short-term car rental market.
• Sound Transit updates their website. The Stranger is a fan.
• Car tab hand-wringing seems not to have hurt suburban Dems.
• Seattle's annual parking study underway.
• New bus lane at the Aurora/Denny onramp.
• New bus platforms in Bellevue.
• Tacoma in discussions with Lime about its scooters.
• Eyman's going to try the $30 car tab thing, yet again.
• WSDOT switches vendors for its tolling projects.
• Uber and Lyft no longer fighting Seattle over competitive data, now fighting with Port ($).
• SDOT still working on employer shuttles.
• Island Transit names a new Executive Director.
• Don't chase fancy apps and microtransit, just fund the bus and give it priority.
• DC decriminalizes fare evasion.
• Streetcars work way better when you kick out the cars.

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