Midweek Roundup – Open Thread 49
Link Extension Countdown: Lynnwood Link (August 30). What to expect (Sound Transit).
Transit Updates:Community Transit boasts 50,355 boardings on Swift Orange Line during its first month of service. Service started on March 30. The World is Orange.
Stride station names survey through May 31.
King County Metro blogs about their hiring and training process. One welcome update: new drivers are moved directly into full-time work, rather than only being allowed part time during their first several months.
WSDOT is finally turning a section of the right lane of southbound SR 305 on Bainbridge into a ferry-only access lane, with upgraded signals at the intersections with Winslow Way and Harborview Drive featuring a phase specifically to move ferry traffic along.
Local News:
The Seattle Times ($) has in-depth looks at first-time Seattle homebuyers moving away, the stubbornness of the Third Avenue homeless issue, mixed-age apartment projects to keep seniors from feeling isolated, and the rising popularity of replacing lawns with climate-friendly vegetation.
SDOT blogs about the opening of Seattle's first protected intersection" on May 10, at Dexter and Thomas in SLU. This type of intersection includes extra safety features for cyclists and pedestrians.
In case you missed it: a geo-magnetic of uncommon strength lit up the sky over Washington with the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) this past weekend (Capitol Hill Seattle).
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Reece Martin blogs about the value of friendly transit.
StreetsBlog writes about the rapid changes to the definition of good BRT.
Videos:1950s retro-futurism, with brief clips of the Seattle Monorail. (Ultra Future)
Ambience sounds and artwork: Mysterious Subway Station, based on the Budapest Metro. (Miracle Forest)
Upcoming Events:Sunday, May 19, 1:30pm: Seattle Neighborhood Greenways hostsShaping Seattle: Building Great Streets"with two Canadian urbanists (The Wyncote NW Forum)
This is an Open Thread.