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Bruce Nourish joins me to discuss a bunch of stuff. (0:00) Hot takes on the election; we basically agree on all issues and then vote in opposite ways. Warning: we go way off-topic beyond transit and land use, to where we probably know less than you do. So skip ahead if this will just irritate you. (32:15) On STB’s long hiatus this year (35:10) Tran…
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Author and journalist Matthew Yglesias joins us to discuss his book, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger.Seattle Transit Blog
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North Seattle Metro / Link restructures Lamenting Link frequency (10:54) Collapse is a choice (18:28) Reconnect West Seattle (25:29) Bellevue I-405 (39:26) Mt. Rainier bus ideas (44:37) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Seattle TBD goes to the ballot County TBD?(18:35) West Seattle options (20:46) Bremerton BRT (31:26) 130th & 145th St station plans (40:07) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Seattle TBD renewal Metro drivers (17:35) Maximizing ridership (22:57) HALA (35:50) Gig car share (50:40) DownloadSeattle Transit Blog
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East-west passenger rail Center city connector on pause (11:44) Jump bikes (15:16) Opening streets (24:46) Community Transit and Everett Transit (31:50) Metro cuts (37:35) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Swift’s Link connection Recovery fare (14:21) CDC’s questionable transit advice (21:55) ST’s revenue shortfall (27:12) Passenger ferries (34:08) Tacoma Dome Link (35:49) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Sounder North Tacoma BRT (13:40) No really, Tacoma BRT (31:30) Uber + Lime quasi-merger (43:25) Huzzah for safe streets (57:15) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Parking garages and opportunity cost ST3 cuts (17:00) Future metro ridership (25:56) West Seattle bridge (34:19) Musings on a work-from-home future (42:07) Download link (Apologies for the audio quality on this one. We had an unexpected gear change before recording.)Seattle Transit Blog
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We take questions from the reader mailbag. Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Special guest Alex Hudson, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition Federal funding & Covid-19 response County ballot measure is…dead? (13:23) Legislative update (21:19) Fare enforcement (26:57) Eastside restructure (33:02) West Seattle bridge (38:34) DownloadSeattle Transit Blog
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Metro’s long range plan and the countywide ballot RapidRide R (17:41) Monorail expansion (28:15) Car sharing (31:30)Seattle Transit Blog
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More Connect 2020 gripes University St naming (5:33) Fare enforcement (8:55) MVET bill (29:20) SDOT capital projects (34:50) North link restructure (46:58) Note: when we recorded this last week, I-976 had just been upheld by a local court; the upper court has since temporarily sided with Sound Transit. Download link…
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Connect 2020 airing of the grievances 130th St infill station (18:20) Protected bus lanes (32:23) Low-income fares (35:27) Bike and scooter share (50:19) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Why is ridership growth slowing? Route 44 I-976 on hold (new results maps) Ride2 cancelled Which avenue is your bus? Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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New city council I-976 impacts on Sound Transit and Metro (12:49) RapidRide K and a possible small victory in Eastgate (44:56) Sammamish (50:58) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Weekend link disruptions Second Montlake bridge? or not (6:41) 520 bus restructures (15:12) RapidRide J (25:05) King County’s new electrification initiative (38:05) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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Rideshare tax to fund the streetcar (3:12) University Street station naming (13:04) New West Seattle – Ballard alternatives (19:35) Sounder South (45:56) [podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11341790/height/360/theme/standard/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/” width=”100%” height=”360″ scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-cl…
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Lightning and transit ops Love for the NE Seattle restructure (2:29) Monorail and ORCA (9:41) Downtown Kirkland growth (13:22) Ridesharing redux (18:33) Wenatchee transit (32:44) Ill-timed fare enforcement (41:30) Download linkSeattle Transit Blog
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