Happy 25th birthday to Sounder (specifically the S Line)! The long journey to Everett-Seattle-Tacoma-Lakewood trains is chronicled here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounder...

I keep going back to this slide shown to the Sound Transit board this month, showing how "capacity building" means consulting firms, more consulting firms, and more subcontractors.

We now have the project-level breakdowns for Sound Transit 3 light rail projects, outlining the $20-$30 billion shortfall the agency is facing through 2046. Ballard Link's 2025 $ estimate is now $22.6 billion, a full 90% increase. The Boeing Access Road infill station is now at $475 million.

Two amazing sights, all at one moment: “At nearly the same moment the railcar first entered the I-90 bridge from the Mercer Island side, 11:49 p.m., a thick shower of sparks streaked high above the park, from an apparent meteor.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The first East Link train under its own power on the floating bridge!

I’ve spent the better part of two decades dealing with people trying to dox and harass the volunteers who make Wikipedia the incredible resource it is today. I liked it better when they weren’t in Congress. oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...

A midday Sounder arrival at King Street Station. Would really love to see more than just one train between peak hours.

A tip: just because a transit agency called "Metro" provides an image of "Madison BRT" does not mean it's Madison, Wisconsin. (I've ridden both Madison BRTs, in Madison and Seattle!) cleantechnica.com/2024/12/03/m...

First: How does it work? Activation is simple: 1. Put the coach in Drive 2. Push the “Mode” button twice

With all Liga MX teams eliminated from Leagues Cup, figured I’d do one more update of MLS teams’ all-time record against Liga MX opponents. (Converted shootout wins to ties)

A recent sunset in Everett

Aboard the heritage bus brought out by Community Transit yesterday

Not even a tsunami could stop Miles and Jackson from making it all the way up the West Coast by local transit.

This is an auto-alignment point used by trolleybuses to switch from ESS (battery) to on-wire (OCS) operations. The operator drives up to a predetermined alignment marking, hits a button, and both poles automatically extend to contact the wires.

The biggest win in the club's post-2009 history, by the margin.

The North Cascades Highway is such a gem. Never gets old.

Everett Transit has a new ORCA card design, to be available at their customer service center in the coming weeks.

Drumroll, please... The first new Amtrak Cascades train is leaving the Siemens manufacturing facility in Sacramento today and heading to Pueblo, CO for testing! Following a year-long testing journey, they’ll arrive home to the PNW in 2026—stay tuned for more photos! #trains #PNW

At the end of the rainbow: a fun bus route

I would love to see someone create a replica of the 2008 kit with the Sound Transit sponsorship. Still wonder how that deal was made, but that jersey is my ultimate white whale.

Scenes from racing the 8

Sometimes you think sports can’t surprise/astound/shock/delight you anymore. And then a soccer team decides to send a 700-pound pigeon floating down a river in New York City

The Times has a great guide for getting to the Seattle waterfront, but the complications only make me wish we had restored the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar or provided an adequate replacement on 1st Ave. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

After over a year of neglect, I finally updated my Seattle Transit Map! September will mark the tenth anniversary of the map. The website itself needs work but the new layer is now online. seattletransitmap.com/app/

Darrington, the easternmost place you can reach by normal transit in the Seattle metro area

Pride was a blast

Having a great time at the Sounders HQ for the fan festival. Just wish it was easier to get to without a car.

Holding the reigning champion of Europe to a single goal is quite the achievement.

Thankfully ORCA is nowhere near this complicated, unless you have some very niche uses.

Imagine, you're on the light rail, you're heading into downtown Seattle. You look over. Is ... is that Al Roker?

Minneapolis and Seattle both have Pride transit cards now

A great day for some soccer, but maybe a bit too early in the day for most fans. Only 11,974 at River Plate vs. Urawa Red Diamonds in Seattle. #FIFACWC

Community Transit here in the Seattle area asked me to narrate a new video series about the importance of public transit and it turned out great! Second ep just dropped.

As the kids say, we are cooked

A special day for Seattle 💚 Thank you to the Seattle soccer community for showing out yesterday for our World Record attempt!

Everett, WA for #NoKings

WORLD’S FIRST EVER DUAL BUS-TRAIN BANNER BREAK-THROUGH!!!!! LAX/Metro Transit Center opens 5pm!

Went on a road trip and picked up a few fare cards (plus a few others I acquired recently).

Hear me out: Would we get faster decisions, and thus more abundance, if we locked boards and councils in a room until they decide? (Asking for another study or more outreach does not count as deciding.) www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

This baseball thing is kinda good

After Chattanooga Red Wolves win over Chattanooga FC, Red Wolves tried planting the flag at midfield. That wasn't gonna happen. FLAG PLANTING DRAMA IN THE US OPEN CUP

#USOC action tonight in Tukwila: Tacoma Defiance (MLSNP) host Spokane Velocity FC (USL1).

Papadakis on the Everett USL expansion: - City seems very supportive of helping to make it happen - Stadium would be built in partnership with AquaSox - Stadium would be designed to accommodate both soccer and baseball (which might be a first?) - Negotiations are in “advanced stage”

Amtrak's Empire Builder has a special payload today: spare Amfleet cars that will hopefully be used to restore Cascades service.

After battling the clouds for an hour, it turns out the first (shaky) shot of the lunar eclipse was the best I could manage.

Remarks disrupted by protesters who gathered behind the curtain chanting “build the rail”

84 days to go until the brand new #SoundTransit Downtown #Redmond Link Extension opens. New maps are being installed at stations. This 3.4mi extension opens on May 10th!

figured it out. of the 10 largest metros by transit ridership, Seattle is 5th per capita

🚨🚨🚨 Check out this week's @sound-transit.bsky.social light rail vehicle sighting in Redmond! 👀 And get ready for the Downtown Redmond and Marymoor Village station openings later this spring!