Open Thread 43

Community Transit ridership increased 23% in 2023. A third of total riders were on the Swift Blue and Green lines.

Apply to the one of Seattle's transportation advisory boards by April 15 if interested.

What's happening with the 520 reconstruction project in Portage Bay.

Efforts to lid I-5 in more of downtown Seattle continue. Activists have been working on this since 2010. One concept would lid from Madison Street to Thomas Street, aka the library to Seattle Center.

How WSDOT designs maps to show event and road-closure congestion bottlenecks throughout the state on busy summer weekends.

National transit expertise could help cities in Canada and the US with common problems like expanding capacity, electrifying trains, upgrading signaling, and rebuilding stations.

Trains on the Moon. The US government is studying whether passenger and freight trains would be feasible on the moon. Why, when we don't have cities on the moon yet? For astronauts on long-term missions. Alon Levy says low gravity will require wide turning angles.

This is an open thread.