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Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
2d ago
King County Metro’s Route 44 travels inbound from Ballard to UW Station via Wallingford and the University District. Outbound trips travel in the reverse direction. In October 2024, Route 44 had 6,663 average weekday boardings. Average Ridership Per Trip The plots below show the average weekday ridership by stop in each direction, color-coded by time ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
3d ago
The Father of Parking Reform UCLA Professor Donald Shoup (1938-2025), author of The High Cost of Free Parking, Parking and the City, and numerous articles, passed on Friday, February 7, at the age of 86. Donald Shoup was widely considered the the “father of parking reform” (Bloomberg CityLab). StreetsblogNYC gathered tributes to the man known ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
5d ago
It has been several months since the RapidRide G Line opened. Along with the new bus line — arguably the region’s first BRT line — there was a restructure in the area. To get an idea of how effective the new bus line and restructure was, I decided to look into the ridership data. Route ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
6d ago
An Issaquah-Ellensburg bus route would fill a hole in the transit network between Western and Eastern Washington. (The Transit Bandit) There’s already an Ellensburg-Cle Elum connector, so a new route could have a timed transfer in Cle Elum to North Bend and the Issaquah transfer hub. This is an open thread ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
1w ago
The Tacoma Dome Link Extension will add 10 miles of elevated light rail from Federal Way to Tacoma Dome. There will be four light rail stations at South Federal Way, Fife, East Tacoma/Portland Ave and Tacoma Dome. The comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is open until next Monday, February 10. Most of ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
1w ago
On January 25th the West Seattle Rethink the Link group invited the public to a forum to learn about the West Seattle Link Extension, and to discuss the pros and cons of bringing light rail vs increasing bus services in West Seattle. Martin Pagel from STB was one of the panelists to offer technical details ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
1w ago
Transit & Streets: Land Use & Housing: Other News & Commentary: This is an Open Thread. Interested in lending your voice to the Blog? Contact us ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
1w ago
This morning, the Seattle Times ($) reported Metro is testing thicker, “intrusion-proof” barriers to protect bus operators from attacks. The barriers will replace the “safety partitions” Metro built in-house and installed across its bus fleet in September 2020 to protect drivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Seattle Times notes, the use safety barriers for ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
1w ago
Sound Transit has opened an “Online Open House” and public survey sharing updates on the Graham Street Station project, one of three infill station projects included in ST3. This latest online open house and survey closes on Friday, February 7. For an in-person experience, Sound Transit is hosting a public workshop tonight (5pm to 7pm ..read more
Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area
1w ago
10 US transit project openings in 2025. (Transit Tangents) This was published December 31. A voice from Texas. Navigating Houston on only public transit. (Transit Tangents) The amazing transit comeback of Los Angeles. (Climate and Transit) This is an open thread ..read more