Mid-Holiday Roundup
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6T7Q0)
Seattle Now & Then reviews the history of the Bon Marche's Christmas Train display.Transit & Streets:- The bus lanes on Aurora will be enforced 24/7 while WSDOT works on repaving I-5 from Downtown to Northgate from 2025-2027 (The Urbanist)
- Bus operator and writer Nathan Vass comments on the killing of Shawn Yim and transit safety (The Urbanist). Meanwhile, the Seattle Times ($) details how a Metro driver helped identify the murder suspect.
- View your ridership patterns with the new ORCA Wrapped" feature (The Seattle Times, $)
- As the major repaving project on the Ballard Bridge wraps up, the Route 40 TPMC project is gearing up to work in Fremont and Westlake (My Ballard)
- Metro's ADA Transition Plan is accepting comments until January 10 (King County Metro)
- After Proterra's bankruptcy last year left few options for battery bus makers, Metro has contracted with European bus builder Solaris to buy up to 16 zero-emission buses, which is apparently enough to motivate starting production stateside. Discussion of a related article in The Urbanist started in a previous Open Thread.
- Community Transit expanded its Zip rideshare service area to Arlington, Darrington, and Lake Stevens (CT News)
- Rearrangement of NE 130th & 125th St as reached final design (SDOT Blog). See our previous post on the project.
- Sound Transit has expanded GoodMaps coverage to Northgate, University of Washington, Capitol Hill, Columbia City and SeaTac stations (The Platform).
- Sound Transit wants your input on pedestrian connections around King Street Station (ST Project Updates)
- This land handout will bring apartments to Lynnwood light rail station (The Seattle Times, $)
- Priced out of Seattle rental market, more opt for backyard cottages (The Seattle Times, $)
- King County Metro celebrates Streetcar Employee of the Year Mike Nicolay (Metro Matters)
- Op-Ed: A Wishlist for Pierce County Under Ryan Mello's Leadership (The Urbanist)
This is an Open Thread.