News roundup: no better friend

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• The ST2 projects were cruising along, but now there's a concrete driver strike ($)
• Everett and CT will do another study on merging
• Feds send Metro $396m to make up for Covid losses
• Another bikeshare vendor - the more, the merrier
• Inside Metro's 2022 budget
• Marko Liias is the new Senate Transportation Chair. There is no better friend in the Senate of non-SOV travel.
• New ferry will be the Wishkah ($)
• Meet the new Amtrak CEO ($)
• New books about transit maps

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