Trains across Lake Washington. A four-car demonstration train cruised at 55 mph over floating sections of the former Interstate 90 express lanes Wednesday, with no shimmy and barely perceptible vibration. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Coming in March, a new route. Reporter @nickdeshais.bsky.social has the latest: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Just so my American friends and followers get an idea of what the official mood of Canada - L'ambience officielle du Canada - is at the present moment.

Well the pathway lights to school lasted less than a week

Big day! CBC News will add 33 local journalists and create 11 new bureaus this year, adding to last year's expansion of 30 journalists in 22 communities across Canada. Many of the new positions are based in Central and Western Canada. My editor's blog: www.cbc.ca/news/editors...

I'm sorry but this is not a good design for 16th in White Center Is it better? Sure, but I still will never ride my bike here with paint being my only protection and cars being encouraged to cut over the bike lane to park

From the inbox: @soundtransit will do its signal work in downtown Seattle before noon Saturday and Sunday, thereby restoring all light rail stations well before the 5 p.m. Saturday @seahawksofficial.com game.

Rider feedback → real changes. 2,300+ passengers helped inform our decision to replace cloth seats with vinyl on Link trains—rated higher for cleanliness, comfort, and satisfaction. More vinyl seats are rolling out over the coming months. 🚆 Read more: https://ow.ly/cr9B50XWgB4

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Washington state treasurer, who presides over the state's AA+ credit rating, declares Pres. Trump's meddling with the Federal Reserve threatens to cause "bananafication" of U.S. finances. tre.wa.gov/Federal_Rese...

Broken roads, old ferries and devastation left by December’s storms are top of mind for the Democratic and Republican leaders on the Legislature’s transportation committees. That’s where the agreement ends. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Life choices, 2026 style:

Katie Wilson was sworn in as Seattle mayor Friday, becoming the youngest mayor in a generation.

From the inbox: @usdot.bsky.social, in partnership with the Department of War, announced +$25m to provide local paramedics incl Vancouver Wash. area, with roadside blood transfusion programs. www.newswise.com/articles/uni...

Ending the year with a quick getaway to Tacoma, a truly top notch city that deserves more love.

Spotted today: A bike-lane road sweeper is cleaning SW Avalon Way this morning.

Transit crime soars during the 2020s in peaceful Canada (but says about the same in Vancouver).

Reminder: 1 Line announcement On Sunday, Nov. 16, shuttle buses are replacing 1 Line service between Capitol Hill and Stadium stations. This all-day shutdown is for scheduled maintenance on the tracks.

Another story of on-demand transit (or "microtransit") hype. The cute and responsive technology works in a tiny rural town, so they propose to do it in the big city, where it will be overwhelmed. Big cities need big transit, not these distractions. www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...

Analysis: King County executive transition team inflation 2009-2025. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Stoners Seattle voters 🤝 Waiting for 4:20

Sound Transit committee in session. Only 1/3 of escalator and elevator failures are mechanical, while most are from intentional or accidental customer damage.

The lights are still out, going on more than a year, at Judkins Park. This trail is heavily used by locals for recreation as well as a major connection in our regional transportation bike network.

Style alert: the @seattletimes will now include diacritical marks when using Hawaiian-language words and place names. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The @barnesandnoble.com will open a downtown Seattle store, reports @meganululani.bsky.social: www.seattletimes.com/business/bar...

Exactly five (5) takeways from Seattle area local elections, from the @seattletimes.com: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/5-takeaways-from-seattle-king-county-elections/?mrfhud=true

From the inbox: Houston removes its light rail signal advantage at downtown intersections "for politics," adding 8 minutes a trip, the @houstonchronicle.com reports. www.transittalent.com/articles/ind...

Dodger Stadium gondola concept: www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

"Thanks, bus drivers." www.thestranger.com/i-anonymous/...

Many solo-drivers wound up in the transit lane Monday afternoon, while some others turned right from the interior lane across the streetcar lane toward pedestrians.

A dramatic road change designed for streetcars, that will mainly benefit pedestrian safety.

It's kinda long, but interviews yesterday turned up a whole lot of maneuvers to free up road and transit capacity.

Large ridership day @soundtransit. I've had dispatch scanner on six hours and they're now trying to sync with Sounders fans. Some packed trains, lots of quick spot delays, extra trains deployed, no blockage alerts. "Bend but not break" seems like a theme. How's your ride?

TIL that the CEO of @cascadepbs.bsky.social is paid more than the CEO of @soundtransit. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

A remarkable feat by this Seattle-area artist: His urban sketchers group went from 17 members in 2009 to 299,000 worldwide, in 514 cities and more than 70 countries.

Today was a sad day in Seattle journalism. As someone who read and followed Cascade PBS's work every day (for my job), they produced unique and compelling work week in and week out. This will be a big loss...

You guys, the proposed Metro budget invests in TROLLEYBUSES!

It's all about the ridership and 1,400 isn't good. Minneapolis:

Seattle is the #8 U.S. transit market by monthly ridership, and after that, it really drops off.

Great to see scholars digging into the high cost of purchasing public transit buses in the US. www.brookings.edu/articles/pay...

Enumclaw and Buckley residents take to their feet and bikes to cross a new trail bridge, while their White River highway bridge is broken. Traffic Lab reporter @nickdeshais.bsky.social finds people trying creative workarounds. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Andrew @nwprogressive.org went out late to take video and pictures of Sound Transit running I-90 test trains with all four railcars. Check this out: www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/...

Sound Transit committee in session. Michael Morgan, leader of ST2 capital division, says *no stray current* appeared during this week's overnight test runs for Link on I-90. He's aiming for four-car tests soon.

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

Working from home seems to reduce emissions in the US: "We find that a 1% increase in WFH corresponds to a 0.17 kilogram or 1.8% reduction of daily average transportation emissions per capita." arxiv.org/abs/2503.00422