Podcast – Seattle Transit Blog

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 … Continue reading "Podcast #101: My Betrayal of All That is Good"

Author and journalist Matthew Yglesias joins us to discuss his book, One Billion Americans.

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 link

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 link

Seattle TBD renewal Metro drivers (17:35) Maximizing ridership (22:57) HALA (35:50) Gig car share (50:40) Download

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 link

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 link

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 link

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.)

We take questions from the reader mailbag. Download link

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) Download

Metro’s long range plan and the countywide ballot RapidRide R (17:41) Monorail expansion (28:15) Car sharing (31:30)

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

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 link

Why is ridership growth slowing? Route 44 I-976 on hold (new results maps) Ride2 cancelled Which avenue is your bus? Download link

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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 link

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 link

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-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_83.mp3″ theme=”standard” custom_color=”” libsyn_item_id=”11341790″ /]

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 link

SEPA reform Carsharing (8:44)  Bus lane enforcement in general… (27:00) West Seattle in particular (30:55) Passenger-miles matter (32:59) Least-reliable routes (36:53) Station access funds (38:08) Download link

We answer questions from the mailbag. Download Link

Housekeeping (1:04) Expedia (7:45) Endorsements (21:25) Next train signs (28:38) Community Transit restructures (32:48) Third Avenue (41:51) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_79.mp3 Download

West Seattle – Ballard goes to EIS (2:20) Access contract (18:40) Cascades (25:40) ADU legislation (44:18) Download link

Follow up: Via (2:48) Congestion pricing report (7:56) Amtrak NTSB hearing (24:37) West Seattle – Ballard preferred alternative (32:57) OMF South (43:47) Scooters (50:03) Download link

Mini transit report card: Ireland Via transit pilot (2:30) Free transit on snow days? (24:14) West Seattle and ST3 (29:33) Why doesn’t Seattle have scooters? (38:12) Speculation on the delayed congestion pricing report (45:33) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_76.mp3 Download link

Car tabs in the legislature Transportation bill in the legislature (5:05) ST3 costs (22:39) Note: after recording, Sound Transit verified that the cost estimate applies to the representative alignment. Next steps for housing affordability (30:50) Delridge, Rainier, and the state of RapidRide (37:23) Download link