News Roundup: Confirmed
by Frank Chiachiere from Seattle Transit Blog on (#4A7PY)
- Sam Zimbabwe is confirmed as SDOT director. Nice profile from newly installed Times transportation reporter Heidi Groover.
- The Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) program is finally going to pass council. Extra huzzahs to CMs Mosqueda, Juarez, and Gonzilez for not backing down on the up-zones.
- Meanwhile, Oregon is getting really ambitious about zoning near transit
- Audit report says Metro's reliability is good, customer communications could be improved
- Automated bus lane enforcement now out of the transportation committee
- The Onion takes on congestion pricing
- Hong Kong is redeveloping a golf course for affordable housing. If only Seattle had some golf courses near transit stations"
- Jarrett on the relationship between transit and zoning
- Replacing the Magnolia bridge will be expensive and contentious
- On a totally unrelated note, Seattle's carbon emissions keep rising
- ADU reform is advancing in Olympia
- Mike Maddux on scooters
- No matter how you slice it, tunneling to West Seattle will be expensive
- Transit advocate Abigail Doerr is running for KC Council
- Massive bureaucratic re-org proposed for New York's MTA, includes congestion pricing revenue