News Roundup: Boom Times

BoltBus, now serving Everett (Bruce Englehardt)

• The Seattle Times has a spreadsheet tracking every Transportation-related bill in Olympia
• A good chunk of the latest proposed highway bill pays for fish culverts. Here's why
• WSB has detailed notes from a Sound Transit open house in West Seattle
• Why Portland shouldn't be widening freeways
• Provocative research paper looks at Seattle and contends that gentrification of dense areas paradoxically increases emissions. Upshot seems to be that rich people just consume more stuff.
• SDOT blog covers the new 5th/6th Avenue busway
• Updated downtown accessibility map (PDF) now includes elevators in addition to wheelchair routes
• Europe-Asia long-distance rail networks now connected
• Pierce Transit's first BRT line running into opposition from the usual suspects
• An overview of Lisa Herbold's anti-displacement bill from SCC Insight
• BoltBus adds stops in Everett and Tacoma
• The Interbay Armory site could host a ton of transit-oriented development
• Boom times for Viaduct-adjacent property
• Good piece on fares: "I don't think there's a magic number [for fares]"Ultimately, building ridership is about more than fares."
• The Times ($) looks at upzones coming to Rainier Beach.

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