Midweek Roundup: induced demand

Update: The entire T Line will be replaced by buses from Tuesday January 20 at 6:12pm through Friday January 23 evening to replace broken rails. Saturday January 24 may also be affected if necessary. The shuttle buses will have the same schedule as Link and will be free.

Update 2: Metro is looking for part-time drivers. Apply by January 23.

Transportation:

• Op-Ed: How to Close Sound Transit's 35-Billion-Dollar Gap Without Breaking the System (The Urbanist)
• Op-Ed: Sea-Tac Airport Transportation: Off the Road and Onto the Train (The Urbanist)
• Interstate Bridge Staff Hid Information About Ballooning Cost of Giant Highway Project (Oregon Journalism Project). Additional coverage by The Urbanist.
• Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates Induced Demand,' Too (Streetsblog USA)
• 27 Million Fewer Car Trips: Life After a Year of Congestion Pricing (New York Times, gift link)
• Alon Levy compared transit fare practices around the world (Pedestrian Observations)
• One Week In, Katie Wilson Charts the Path Ahead (The Urbanist)
• Transit Scheduling 101: Developing A Runtime (Thoughts About Cities)
• Reece Martin reflects on the difficulties of pragmatic transit advocacy (Next Metro)

Land Use & Housing:

• Dionne Foster Takes Office, Aiming to Tackle Housing Issues (The Urbanist)
• Are New Towns' a Solution to the Housing Crisis? (Tufts Now)
• Living with family isn't a last resort anymore. It's the plan. (Business Insider, $)

This is an Open Thread.