Midweek Roundup: Mindless Habit
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6XK1T)
Local Transit News:- Pierce Transit will be fare-free on June 1 to kick off Ride Transit Month (Pierce Transit News). PT is also seeking comments on its Transit Development Plan.
- As King County Metro ramps up fare enforcement, warnings, fines, and alternative resolutions" will begin on May 31 (King County Metro)
- Aurora Avenue Bus Lanes to Turn 24/7 to Aid RapidRide E Riders (The Urbanist)
- Sound Transit Starts I-90 Testing, Full 2-Line Opening Slips to 2026 (The Urbanist). Also covered by the Seattle Times ($).
- San Francisco's decision to turn two miles of its beachfront Great Highway into a public promenade remains controversial (The New York Times, gift link)
- Sound Transit's Stride BRT program took another step forward with selection of a builder for its new bus base in Bothell (the Urbanist).
- New ST marketing campaign implies SOV commuters are zombies following a Mindless Habit' (the Platform).
- It is now legal to build four homes on any residential lot in the City of Seattle (the Urbanist). Meanwhile, Mayor Harrell slowed the expansion of several Neighborhood Centers.
- In the Bay Area around San Francisco, a glut of new housing priced to be affordable for 120% AMI households has dropped the market rate" for older, similar apartments (The Seattle Times, $)
- In Spokane, 85% of self-described conservatives believe that it's at least somewhat important" for the region to support and fund public transportation" (Human Transit)
- The triangle at the heart of Pioneer Square endures as Seattle's historical center (Seattle Then & Now)
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