News Roundup: Fish Out of Water

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• The city's deploying some interesting strategies to re-think parking. The Urbanist and West Seattle Blog have details.
• Some Seattle reps are balking at the property tax piece of ST3 funding.
• Nobody wants to actually run for a City Council seat, but if you make it a job application, folks will come out of the woodwork [$], apparently.
• Shiny new, adjustable-rate smart parking meters are being installed in Pioneer Square.
• Is Bertha ready to get going again? SDOT wants more study.
• The reservation system for San Juan ferries is off to a bad start.
• It sounds cool to build a bridge made out of old aircraft carriers, but it's probably a bad idea.
• The City is determined not to get caught flat-footed by another fish-truck-apocalypse.
• House Dems transportation plan features a 12-cent gas tax.
• An amendment led by Rep. Gael Tarleton (D-Ballard) would fund $12M for reliability improvements on Metro Routes 40, 44, 48, and 67.
• Another amendment from Rep. Tarleton (same link) would complete a complete walk/bike "loop" trail between West Seattle and Ballard. No word on whether a bridge of aircraft carriers across Elliot Bay would be required to complete said loop. Old 707 fuselages, perhaps?
• The Hack the Commute Championship Round will take place April 29.
• Water main damaged by Bertha repairs is getting fixed [$]. But who will pick up the tab?
• Charging fares on Island Transit.
• San Francisco gets all the headlines, but the horrendous land use policies of Silicon Valley are a bigger problem.
• Meanwhile in Seattle, developers are happy to hit the Mayor's goal of 50,000 new units.
• Getting excited about Mt. Baker Town Center.
• Save money this week on Pronto Bike Share.