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5 days ago · October 6, 2024October 5, 2024 by Nathan Dickey. Climate and Transit discusses why transit projects are so expensive to build in the US and Canada compared to peer nations in Europe and Asia. Streetcraft discusses how we need to change our transportation priorities to fix our roads. This is an Open Thread.
Seattle Transit Blog – Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater ...
5 days ago · Weekend Movie: San Francisco Transit Center. September 21, 2024 by Mike Orr. CityBeautiful explores San Francisco’s new transit center for MUNI and regional buses, and in the future Caltrain and high-speed rail. It’s located south of Market and has a rooftop park reminiscent of New York’s High Line.
Ridership Patterns for RapidRide C Line – Seattle Transit Blog
1 day ago · The average daily total boarding and alighting counts show a similar pattern to the per trip data. Most C Line riders are traveling between Alaska Junction and downtown Seattle or South Lake Union. Average C Line Weekday Boarding and Alighting Counts: March 2023 to March 2024. “Inbound” is toward Downtown; “Outbound” is toward Westwood ...
Seattle Transit Blog – Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater ...
October 4, 2024 by Ross Bleakney. The SLU Streetcar rolls toward Westlake, sharing stops with RapidRide C and Route 40. Photo by SDOT. It’s quite common in Seattle to see bikes and transit compete for the same limited street space. Once in a while though, we have the opportunity to improve both transit and cycling at the same time.
Crossing the Tracks at East Link Stations – Seattle Transit Blog
2 days ago · What Sound Transit’s added here along East Link is new safety measures. As you can see in the photo above, they’ve got the typical X-shaped railroad crossing crossbucks that you’ll see when crossing a heavy rail line. When a train is coming, the lights flash and a bell rings. When trains are coming from both directions, the sign will ...
Community Transit Restructure – 2024 and Beyond
Sep 13, 2024 · Around Bothell, Community Transit will be deleting existing Route 105 with service supplanted by Swift Green Line and extending existing 30 minute peak / hourly weekend Route 120 to UW Bothell/ Cascadia.. Route 106, 120, 121 changes CT System map of Mill Creek and Bothell. There is also the new Route 121 and adjusting Route 106‘s hours though continuing with hourly frequency.
The rush to reach West Seattle – Seattle Transit Blog
Mar 12, 2024 · Last week Sound Transit revealed more details about three grandiose new stations in West Seattle, one hugely upgraded SODO station, and a big cable-stayed (“suspension”) bridge over the Duwamish. On Thursday the System Expansion Committee will discuss early land acquisitions. This seems to indicate that the Board takes approval of the extension for granted though the final EIS is not ...
Getting ready for big changes to regional transit
Dec 27, 2021 · Getting ready for big changes to regional transit. With 2021 coming to a close, our region has set sail on a major, exciting, one-in-a-generation opportunity to restructure and reform our transit network thanks to billions in capital investments. In 2008, regional voters approved Sound Transit 2 (ST2), and these investments are now bearing ...
Via to Transit is expanding – Seattle Transit Blog
Aug 11, 2021 · Via to Transit service areas (source: King County Metro) Via to Transit, which debuted in 2019 as an on-demand Link shuttle to better connect to Link areas where bus service is limited or not available, is getting a major expansion on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. From 2020 to now, Via to Transit only had three service areas, one for Othello ...
Metro Update on Ridership Recovery and Service Planning
May 20, 2024 · On May 15, King County Metro staff briefed the County Council’s Regional Transit Committee, (presentation pdf download here) focusing on ridership trends and the agency’s capacity to return to 100% of planned service.. Ridership Trends. First, the good news: Metro ridership continued to grow across almost all modes between 2022 and 2023; Water Taxi service ridership was similar.