Midweek Roundup: wire theft
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#6Y7BN)
Local Transit News:- Wire theft disrupts Eastside light rail for second time in 4 days (The Seattle Times, $). The Seattle Times' ($) coverage of the first theft on Saturday.
- The Redmond Link Extension boosted Link to new ridership records in May with 3.2 million rides (Everett Post)
- New bike and pedestrian upgrades on Pike and Pine were formally opened last week (The Urbanist)
- A new report from the PSRC says the gap between transportation revenue and spending needs across the central Puget Sound will exceed $78 billion by 2050, if current trends hold (The Urbanist). Transit agencies will face a gap of $22 billion, while city DOTs will be short $35 billion. Noteworthy: Sound Transit's funding woes are not yet official, so its funding gap is still technically $0.
- Issaquah is considering a plan for a new bridge over I-90 to connect the future 4 Line across the interstate (The Urbanist).
- Pierce Transit wants a 2nd round of feedback on its long-range plan (Pierce Transit). See the plan, here.
- King County Metro opened four blocks of new pedestrian and bike pathways in White Center over the weekend (Metro Matters)
- The Mayor of Mukilteo vetoed a council-approved sales tax that would have paid for transportation projects in the city's transportation benefit district (The Everett Herald)
- For the transit wonks: how to improve transit project delivery with better staffing by more effectively recruiting, training, and retaining professionals (Eno Center for Transportation)
- A lot of medium-duty vehicles like delivery trucks and school buses drive less than 150 miles per day, which is the perfect range for electrification (Heatmap)
- A Better Way to Get Around along the Amazon River: Solar-Powered Canoes (The New York Times, gift link)
- Advocacy group Safe Eastside" has filed two referendum petitions seeking to overturn housing and parking reforms passed by the state legislature (The Urbanist)
- Car-lite and Car-free cities aren't just safer, but are friendlier and just plain nicer to live in (Only Sky)
- The Seattle City Council has passed legislation banning the use of collusion software to increase rents (Seattle City Council Blog)
- Angie Schmitt says if you want to live a European-style walkable lifestyle, it may be closer to home than you think (Unpopular Opinions)
- The Complete Communities Coalition has identified eight new neighborhood centers that they want to see added to Seattle's Comprehensive Plan (The Urbanist Op-Ed)
- The Question Dividing New Yorkers: Is the City Sinking or Bouncing Back? (The New York Times, gift link)
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