4 天之前 · Planned disruptions of the Link 1 Line continue: Shuttle buses will replace train service between U District and Capitol Hill stations this weekend (Feb. 1-2). This weekend is focused on repairing the overhead wire near UW Station which was broken in October.. Transit and Streets: King County Metro’s Operators of the Month for November and December 2024 (Metro Matters).

2025年1月22日 · Transit & Streets: Mike Lindblom profiles Beacon Hill’s “magic median”, a space filled with greenery, trails, and parking (The Seattle Times, $).; While other states reconsider highway expansion, WSDOT continues building (The Urbanist).; An extensive SDOT study shows the once-contentious Stay Healthy Street on Alki is popular and works well (Seattle Bike Blog)

2025年1月25日 · On January 21, Sound Transit interim CEO Goran Sparrman identified Link’s ongoing reliability issues as an emergency, allowing him to issue a $1.5 million contract to HNTB to plan and design fixes to several problems with Sound Transit’s operational and network infrastructure.. The Seattle Times ($) summarized the problems identified by Sound Transit as “contributing to delays”:

2024年12月31日 · This year saw a handful of new writers join STB’s staff and a few excellent serial posts sparking good discussion. In the transit world, we saw the opening of the RapidRide G Line, the Link 2 Line Starter Line, the Lynnwood Link Extension, bus restructures in King and Snohomish Counties, and continued rebound in ridership from the lows of 2020.

2024年11月13日 · Transit & Streets: RapidRide G Bus Ridership Starts Strong and Is Trending Upward (The Urbanist); Seattle Police Department Updates Its Emergency Driving Policy (PubliCola); Rob Saka Pushes to Decommission the South Lake Union Streetcar (The Urbanist); also on Puget Sound Business Journal, paywall passable with a …

2024年10月18日 · Transit: Metro Matters: Metro’s first battery-electric base to be named Tukwila The Platform: Sound Transit Police bike unit boosts system safety with increased visibility and flexibility The Platform: Making it easier to take the S Line; Sound Transit summarizes five station access and parking projects under way at Sounder South Line stations. The Seattle Times ($): Why trains are 2 minutes ...

2024年9月24日 · Transit Updates: Sound Transit: Sept. 23-29 is “See Track?Think Train!” Week. Previously called “Rail Safety Week”; organized by Operation Lifesaver.Sound Transit has also launched a new website highlighting safety and security around at-grade crossings.; The Urbanist: Seattle’s Trolleybus Fleet To Get New Supercharged Batteries Seattle Bike Blog: Testing the in-bus bike racks on the ...

2024年9月16日 · So many homeless people yet so many jobs. Even worse, we have jobless people living on welfare (basically our tax dollars that could be going towards better transit and competitive labor wages), and “work at home” people making minimal contributions but earning huge salaries from tech companies.

2024年9月14日 · Metro and Sound Transit will restructure bus routes in the north end on September 14, 2024 (two weeks after the opening of Lynnwood Link).The changes will occur at the same time as the changes surrounding RapidRide G which is why Metro is listing them on the same service change page.Here is a list of some of the main changes:

2024年9月20日 · It’s the seventh day of the restructure, and Link had power outages this week. How are things today? Mini news roundup: What happened to RapidRide G this week and how is Metro fixing it? (Rya…