Midweek Roundup: Dog Bus
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6VPPR)
66 daysuntil theDowntown Redmond Link Extension opens.
Transportation:- Trump Officials Delay Expected Approval Date for West Seattle Light Rail as part of the administration's chaotic efforts to cut spending (The Urbanist)
- Sound Transit has a survey on the January-Febuary Link reductions if you want to give feedback on how well it communicated the changes.
- RapidRide G Line - Moving as many people as possible (SDOT Bulletin)
- Eastlake Layover Facility: Increasing comfort, decreasing congestion (Metro Matters)
- PSRC Seeking Public Comment on Trolley Infrastructure Project that will remove existing trolley infrastructure on the 10th Ave E bridge over SR-520, replacing it with trolley infrastructure on the new Roanoke Lid over SR-520 as part of WSDOT's Portage Bay Bridge replacement and Roanoke Lid project.
- Dogs are riding customized buses and people are obsessed' (The Seattle Times, $)
- No trains, no planes and huge protests: Strike brings Greece to a halt. Protesters are demanding investigation of a deadly crash between a passenger train and a freight train (The Seattle Times, $)
- In Extraordinary Hearing, ODOT Explains Billion-Dollar Budget Blunder (Willamette Week)
- $1 Trillion Later, U.S. Roads Are Still Crumbling, Unsafe, and Congested. Does Congress Care? (Streetsblog USA)
- Council Committee Greenlights SoDo Housing Proposal Despite Strong Port Opposition (The Urbanist)
- The City of Cle Elum is officially considering bankruptcy following a long-running conflict with a Washington developer (Cascade PBS)
- What's next for Seattle's social housing after big tax win? (Cascade PBS)
- Homelessness is soaring among Seattle students. School support workers are on the front lines (KUOW)
- Op-Ed: Why high-speed rail will fail without better local train service (The Seattle Times, $)
- Op-Ed: 10 Reasons Seattle Adding 30 Neighborhood Centers Is Smart Planning (The Urbanist)
- Overlooked by the Overlook (The Stranger)
- How Trump's Radical Remaking of Environmental Review Process Could Reshape Transportation (Streetsblog USA)
- Opinion: Bring more foot traffic to downtown Seattle with dorms, classrooms (The Seattle Times, $)
This is an Open Thread.