News roundup: return on investment

• Comment on the equity aspects of Northgate Link
• Alon Levy explains why Pacific Northwest HSR is marginal based on the return on investment
• BLM buses
• Longer pedestrian signals ($)
• ST contractor was defrauding its workers
• Here's a good primer on there is no substitute for building more units
• Shoreline apartments popping up everywhere
• Metro's survey on transit needs in Skyway
• An update on Everett Transit merger options ($)
• 26 minutes on the new Southworth foot ferry ($)
• Good that SeaTac may reduce parking requirements but the Downtown Chicago comparison is... overheated
• But modest upzones" around Seattle's nearby Link stations
• State transportation budget may just focus on the basics
• Jarrett Walker is hiring in Portland

This is an open thread.