Midweek Roundup: Crosswalk Hack
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6WT5Q)
Washington Street, East from First Avenue, April 10, 1929, courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives (Item 3257). Similar view in February 2023 (Google Street View).17 daysuntil theDowntown Redmond Link Extension opens on May 10. Opening day details.
Local Transit & Streets:- Someone hacked crosswalk buttons to play a fake message from Jeff Bezos saying This crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime... please don't tax the rich" (KUOW).
- Major utility work is finally prompting Pike Place Market to test closing Pike Place to general traffic (The Urbanist)
- Seattle City Council and SDOT are planning a major expansion of traffic cameras (The Urbanist)
- With its car ferries often behind schedule, WSDOT is running a 10-week test of supplemental passenger-only service between the San Juans (The Seattle Times, $). Meanwhile, the State Legislature is considering cutting funding for foot ferries" as it tries to pass a transportation budget with minimal tax increases despite massive basic cost increases (The Urbanist).
- Metro's new all-electric bus base in Tukwila is almost finished (Metro Matters)
- A look a urban rail in Africa (Reece Martin)
- An interactive tour of the NYC subway system's century-old controls (New York Times, gift link)
- Congestion pricing is doing even better than advocates dreamed (Curbed NYC)
- Culdesac Tempe" promises car-free living in suburban Arizona, and residents actually like it (New York Times, gift link)
- Caltrain's switch to all-electric operations immediately cut its air pollution by 89% (Interesting Engineering)
- Lawsuits in Arizona, Tennessee, and Texas are challenging voter-approved transit expansions (States Newsroom)
- A history of New Orleans' Streetcars (Big Easy Magazine)
- The history of Montlake from 1850 to today shows how it became a suburb in the middle of Seattle" (The Seattle Times, $)
- Mapping out missed opportunities in Seattle's new Comprehensive Plan (The Urbanist)
- The National Resource Defense Council says all 50 State DOTs need do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (Streetsblog USA)
- The Populus" in Denver claims to be Carbon Positive' - is it just hype? (New York Times, gift link)
- Pedestrian deaths are skyrocketing - is it dangerous drivers, bad roads, or something else? (Governing)
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