Weekend Roundup: Closing Bus Stops

ST Express fares will decrease from $3.25 to $3.00 on March 1st. This matches Link's recent fare change and Metro's upcoming increase, so all three all three will have the same fare.

Metro closed the bus stops at 12th & Jackson ($), citing safety concerns with the people hanging out at the intersection. (Seattle Times) This is a hub for routes 7, 9, 14, 36, 60 and 106, so you'll have to find the next stop on the route.

The Tacoma Dome Link extension draft EIS is accepting through February 9th.

Making Link more reliable and replacing escalators and elevators in downtown tunnel stations. (Sound Transit)

Reenvisioning Pace, the bus agency for Chicago's suburbs. (Human Transit) We recently featured two videos on the Chicago L.

Shoreline eliminates parking minimums, allows more density around transit stations than the state requires, and allows small storefronts on non-arterial streets. Bellingham eliminates parking minimums. Kirkland pursues more 10-minute cities". (The Urbanist)

WSDOT gets a $50 million federal grant for Cascadia high-speed rail planning. (The Urbanist)

Video: When studies get in the way of building transit (RMTransit)

This is an open thread.