News roundup: problematic
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#4Q6J4)
South Bellevue Station (SounderBruce/Wikimedia)
- Katie Wilson dreams of high-speed rail.
- SDOT abandons City Center Connector streetcar contract ($), claims to still be ready for 2026.
- "Baby Uber" sounds expensive but I bet there's a market for it.
- Northgate ped bridge bids too high, SDOT rebidding.
- City ranking "indexes" are always problematic, but this one has Seattle public transit at #1.
- Alex Pedersen has some problematic past positions.
- Traffic citations declining ($). (!)
- Sound Transit hiring a community outreach manager.
- Foot ferry fever extends to Portland.
- PDX considers the worst kind of budget cuts - eliminating stations.
- The future is not retro. Let's not confuse sustainability and abundant housing supply with nostalgia for cities and habits of the past.
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