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A humorous animated take on “the high cost of free parking”. I also laughed at “why jaywalking is a crime” and “the reason car dealerships are the worst” from the same show. via Streetsblog

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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

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Stations from Snowday on Vimeo. Like channel surfing but for subway stations.

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KCTS IN Close covered the city’s work to fix Rainier Ave this week. And though much of the information may not be new to readers of this blog, it’s great to see it explained in such a concise and clear … Continue reading →

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This is going to be the biggest transit year in a while: University Link opens, adding two hugely important stations to the system, sometime in the first quarter. Metro massively revises service in Northeast Seattle in March to take advantage of Link and radically increase the number of frequent corridors. Metro tweaks Capitol Hill routes […]

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If you wandered out of town, and somehow didn’t remember to check your main source for Seattle area transit news and advocacy, here are some highlights of what you missed: King County is revising the Metro service allocation guidelines. Frank reported on ST3 study results for Link to Tacoma. Details on Move Seattle’s RapidRide+. Is […]

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I made several mistakes in Friday’s 2016 preview: CT will add 3,300 service hours in March, not 33,000. September will be 30,000-35,000 hours. Although the Mukilteo Park and Ride will break ground this year, it won’t open till 2017. Pierce Transit will add service hours in September, not March. I regret the errors.

Those of you who follow us on channels like Twitter or Facebook may not be aware of Page 2, our community page. If you haven’t been reading Page 2, below are a few recent highlights. If you’re interested in writing for STB, Page 2 is a great way to get your feet wet. Sign up for an […]

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“Don’t date the nerd…” Wait, you really said that to our nation’s female students? ...

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It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a look at some of the bikey stuff floating around the web in recent weeks. First up, Motor City to Bike City: Pacific Northwest News Be heard: The Darrington Mountain Bike Park … Continue reading →

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Today I’ve been reviewing the ECMA-334 C# specification, and in particular the section about class instance constructors. I was struck by this piece in a clause about default constructors: If a class contains no instance constructor declarations, a default instance constructor is automatically provided. That default constructor simply invokes the parameterless constructor of the direct … Continue reading To base() or not to base(), that is the question →

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DC’s much delayed streetcar line is finally going to open before February 20. When will the First Hill Line open?

Happy New Year everyone; I hope you had a pleasant and relaxing festive holiday season. I sure did. I’m starting the new year off by giving a short — an hour long or so — talk on how you can … Continue reading →

Qualys Web Application Firewall 2.0 (WAF) now supports multiple secure web applications (HTTPS) in the same cluster, through the Server Name Indication (SNI) extension of TLS protocol. Multiple TLS certificates could now be presented on the same WAF Cluster IP, making the configuration and the deployment of multiple secure websites easier and quicker. With SNI […]

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Many years ago I awoke in the dead of night in a cold sweat, with the certain knowledge that a close relative had suddenly died. […] In fact, the relative is alive and well […]. However, suppose the relative had in … Continue reading →