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David Rolf righteously demolishes the record of neighborhood councils ($). Yonah Freemark reviews the transportation platforms of the federal parties and candidates. Spoiler alert: the Democrats are better. Sammamish Council split on ST3; comments narrowly focus on Sammamish, not thinking as a subarea, much less a region. The Seattle City Council killed microhousing, and hundreds […]

Primary endorsements Bertha overruns TRU and low-income fares Seattle loves light rail Driverless cars Adventures with Car2Go in Everett http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_021.mp3

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Peak hour queue to exit Capitol Hill Station — photo by SounderBruce — Flickr Those of you who have spent any time at UW Station, Capitol Hill Station, Mt Baker Station, Tukwila International Boulevard Station, or SeaTac Airport Station may have noticed something obvious about the station escalators. They usually involve long queues in only […]

Nearly accurate rendition of the LADOT logo in a cartoon.

As some of the subscribers to Oxford Shortwave Log will know, I’ve been talking about building a battery pack for my Elad FDM DUO to take it out on a DXpedition. Finally, I found the time to quickly do just that with some parts that cost less than £10 – as the video below demonstrates in […]

Everett Transit and Pierce Transit are the lucky recipients of federal grants to purchase new buses powered by electric batteries, similar to those operated by King County Metro on the Eastside. The Federal Transit Administration’s “Low or No Emission Vehicle Program” awarded $55 million in grants to 21 transit agencies nationwide. Everett Transit will use its $3.4 […]

CBC Radio 1, Gander, heard in Oxford UK A really great signal from CBC Radio 1 Gander – the best I’ve ever heard on this or any other medium wave frequency, complete with a clear station ID and very much out of season so-to-speak. I can’t remember recording any Medium Wave transatlantic signal with an […]

Bellevue to put a transportation property tax measure ($) on November’s ballot. Why you don’t see more 3-car trains. Issaquah’s $50m transportation bond in November includes a handful of bike lanes. Pierce Transit buses to get security cameras and free Wi-Fi by the end of the year. The premise of this Danny Westneat column ($) is […]

Angle Lake Station parking garage, to feature $5/month carpool parking permits starting Opening Day – Sounder Bruce The Operations & Administration Committee of the Sound Transit Board took action Thursday on several contracts, including the selection of the contractor to operate Sound Transit’s soon-to-be-permanent permit parking program. Republic Parking Northwest submitted the winning bid to […]

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Ridership and Crowding ($) (2:40) Not enough housing construction (16:10) Madison BRT improvements (23:50) Parking permits (30:00) ST3 costs (44:05) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_022.mp3 Note: apologies in advance for the microphone issues on Frank’s end. Sponsored by Talking Headways

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From our friends at Futility Closet:Here are a penny and a quarter. Make a statement. If your statement is true, then I’ll give you one of these coins (not saying which). But if your statement is false, then I won’t give you either coin.Raymond Smullyan says, “There is a statement you can make such that I would have no choice but to give you the quarter (assuming I keep my word).” What statement will accomplish that?Answer is here. Read the rest

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