Open Thread 14: Rural Transit
by Mike Orr from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6E6ME)
Thoughts on car dependency from rural America. (InDefenseOfToucans)Link remains at 15-minute service with single-tracking at Othello and Rainier Beach stations through September 17.
Phase 2 of the T Line opens September 16. This extends Tacoma Link to what we might call Tacoma's First Hill.
Page 2 has an article on a Jefferson Street funicular in Seattle's First Hill.
King County explores redeveloping a 9-block government district downtown. This includes the North of CID Link station alternative.
A step by step guide to improving a city's transit. (RMTransit video)
Trolleybuses vs battery buses. (City for All video)
Montreal transit and urbanism. (CityNerd video)
Non-transit interlude: Why Shakespeare plays can't be presented the original way. (J Draper video)
This is an open thread.