Open Thread 46

Countdowns: East Link Starter Line (This Saturday! 11am), Lynnwood Link (August 30).

Transit Updates:

Pierce Transit is hosting a ribbon-cutting event at 12pm today at the Tacoma Dome Station celebrating the opening of the Stream Community Line. Service started on April 1, serving as an express route along the Pacific Avenue/State Route 7 Corridor. All Pierce Transit services are fare-free for the day.

Seattle Times ($) writes about the imminent opening of the East Link Starter Line, features an interactive map of the new stations, and reviews the history of the 2 Line.

Sound Transit is sending workers to survey riders onboard Link, Sounder, and ST Express about their experience. The survey effort will continue into the Fall.

Local News:

Ryan Packer writes aboutthe plan to turn Harrison street in SLU into a transit mallbut is concerned that capacity won't be any near the corridor estimates for 2050.

The Seattle Times ($) writes about the 24 Neighborhood Centers" chosen for inclusion in the draft One Seattle Plan.

On Tuesday, PubliCola and the Urbanist reported on how Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) original draft of the One Seattle Plan was gutted by Mayor Harrell's office.

Opinion/Miscellaneous:

Alon Levy does math about how the length of a trip influences riders' willingness to wait for the next bus/train.

Community Transit blogs about their bus cleaning crews, known as Vehicle Service Attendants".

SDOT blogs about the work completed last year under Seattle's Transportation Electrification Blueprint, adopted in 2021.

Videos:

The carbon footprint of electric bikes (Simon Clark; 20:33)

Sound Transit Link 2 Line Testing. Bellevue Downtown Station. (Eastside Transit; 2:37)

Upcoming Events:

April 22, 6pm: One Seattle Plan DEIS Public Hearing #2 (City Hall, Floor L2)

April 24, 6pm: A Strong Towns Vision for Kirkland (St John's Episcopal Church)

April 25, 6pm:One Seattle Plan Open House(Eckstein Middle School)

April 29, 5:30pm: new date for webinar regarding the feasibility of a further-west SLU station (Online, link pending). Second webinar scheduled for May 2, 12pm. Survey will open on April 25 and close on May 7.

April 30, 6pm: One Seattle Plan Open House (McClure Middle School)

May 2, 6pm: One Seattle Plan Open House (Final Meeting, online only; link pending)

This is an Open Thread.