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by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#VTY7)
The cost of zoning. “…the increase in [housing] supply is slowing down rent growth.†Supply and demand has not been repealed. Sound Transit seeking bids on $400m contract to build Lynnwood Link from Northgate to N. 200th St. Portland Streetcar circulates infographic showing how great it is. The latest iteration of the plan for the Mount […]
by Oran Viriyincy from Seattle Transit Blog on (#W3DH)
by ericlippert from Fabulous adventures in coding on (#W73X)
Good Monday morning everyone; I hope my American readers had a lovely Thanksgiving. I sure did! Well enough chit-chat, here’s a problem I was pondering the other day. We know that doubles introduce some “representation error†when trying to represent … Continue reading →
by Guest Contributor from Seattle Transit Blog on (#WA5X)
by SEATTLE SUBWAY ST3 is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Let’s make it great! As you sit in a car or bus stuck in ever-worsening traffic in our region, do you ever imagine what our region would be like if we had approved Forward Thrust in 1968 or 1970—a system that would have […]
by ericlippert from Fabulous adventures in coding on (#WHF8)
A couple of years ago I developed my own arbitrary precision natural number and integer mathematics types, just for fun and to illustrate how it could be done. I’m going to do the same for rational numbers here, but rather … Continue reading →
by David Lawson from Seattle Transit Blog on (#WHHQ)
(UPDATE: Metro’s Victor Obeso has responded, saying Metro is “actively considering†this change. Mr. Obeso’s full statement is below the story.) By now, everyone is familiar with our dismay over the lack of a meaningful Link restructure in Capitol Hill, and in particular over some of the major losses that Metro’s final restructure package is […]
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by Tom Fucoloro from Seattle Bike Blog on (#WP5V)
It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Lots of good stuff floating around the web these days, so let’s get started. First up, this 1995 video by the Seattle Department of Engineering (now the Department of Transportation) is a pretty … Continue reading →
by Oran Viriyincy from Seattle Transit Blog on (#WTXD)
Chicago from the “Lâ€. I enjoy the view from elevated trains. A Ride In The City from RYANJBOLGER on Vimeo.
by ericlippert from Fabulous adventures in coding on (#WXYD)
All right, we have an arbitrary-precision rational arithmetic type now, so we can do arithmetic on fractions with confidence. Remember the problem I set out to explore here was: a double is actually a fraction whose denominator is a large … Continue reading →
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#X5FA)
Judkins Park Station plan wins national award. Tacoma Link design concepts. Metro rolling out TripPool program to organize carpools to park-and-rides. Your guide to the new federal transportation bill. Seattle Times shows precinct maps for Seattle’s last election. City of Tuwkila has a new survey out on transit improvements. Community Transit approves a 2016 budget. […]
by ericlippert from Fabulous adventures in coding on (#X9A5)
I said last time that binary-searching the rationals (WOLOG between zero and one) for a particular fraction that is very close to a given double does not really work, because we end up with only fractions that have powers of … Continue reading →
by Oran Viriyincy from Seattle Transit Blog on (#XJKP)
A humorous animated take on “the high cost of free parkingâ€. I also laughed at “why jaywalking is a crime†and “the reason car dealerships are the worst†from the same show. via Streetsblog
by Frank Chiachiere from Seattle Transit Blog on (#XNK1)
Martin and I discuss light rail expansion, including the peanut butter plan, the latest round of ST3 alternatives and financing plans. Also: bus-rail integrations in the wake of the Capitol Hill restructure. https://media.blubrry.com/seattletransitblog/s3.amazonaws.com/stb-wp/wp-content/podcasts/STB_podcast_7.mp3
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#XVDT)
In this morning’s First Hill post, I inadvertently placed the Green Line Westlake station one block too far to the East compared to Sound Transit’s preliminary concept for the station . Oran has corrected the images in the original post, and I’ve revised the numbers accordingly. The numbers change a bit but the analysis doesn’t […]
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#Y0CB)
Toll lanes successful ($) in providing a congestion-free commute; it turns out people value their time, and transit benefits. So of course some legislators want to repeal them, partly because almost 25,000 people have signed a petition to end the tolls and restore HOV 3+ to HOV 2+. Growth advocates accuse Mike O’Brien of introducing a […]
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#Y9BP)
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#YP3V)
How federal law makes trains too expensive. High altitudes may get snow over the holiday. Check Metro route status here. ST approves $1.2 billion 2016 budget; biggest items are North Link ($165m) and East Link ($203m) construction. New ST Board chairs same as the old chairs: Dow Constantine in charge, Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland and […]
by Oran Viriyincy from Seattle Transit Blog on (#YX6Z)
Stations from Snowday on Vimeo. Like channel surfing but for subway stations.