Walking to the office from the bus stop and noticed they're offering a reduced price on this fantasy-themed estate! 😅

The U.S. Government Accountability Office reports that public transportation can reduce airport road congestion, benefiting travelers, airline workers, and airport staff. The study reviews public transit availability, use, and strategies at 51 airports. aptapassengertransport.com/gao-reports-...

Myst - Spokane Edition

Where is transit expansion happening around the world? Basically everywhere! Brand new on The Transport Politic: The hundreds of metro, light rail, bus, & aerial tram projects planned to open in 2026. 🛤️ 🚋 🚌 www.thetransportpolitic.com/2026/01/20/t...

On my way to the Cheney City Council meeting. From the top deck!

Reaching the first meeting of the day included riding City Line and crossing the Spokane River on the Iron Bridge. Positive momentum for my day.

Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated. It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans. And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question. My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵

I logged 762 bus trips on Spokane Transit buses in 2025, a 13.9% increase over 2024, and my highest post-COVID personal ridership. I rode 36 different routes over the course of 241 days of riding. Lots of opportunities to experience the service, see how it can improve, and thank our drivers!

My final transit ride of 2025! Will have my personal annual ridership report out this weekend. It was a good year for me on Spokane Transit's buses.

I was able to use a vending machine to make donations to local non-profit organizations today. And of course, my vending order included bus passes. A great way to make giving simple and fun. Available at the Spokane Valley Mall through January 1 by the food court.

One salient point the author makes is that more robust service generates greater affordability for riders than fare free transit that operates less service when it means less funding overall.

Good morning from my commute on the northbound 4.

I've been looking through old state transit reports recently, and was astounded at the fact that in 1976 Washington's intercity bus network carried 30 million passengers, half as many as every transit agency in the state at that time. Spokane had nearly 40 daily one way trips to different cities.

One can dream. 79 years ago today, Santa delivered big time for Spokane.

WSDOT has some interesting concepts for expansions of existing Travel Washington bus routes, but I’d really like to see full cross-state connectivity as well as services spanning into Idaho, Montana, and B.C.

Christmas gift uddate: no intercity bus network under the tree this year, but I did receive a @bart.gov holiday sweater!

The buses were having a long-winter's nap when I dropped by to visit drivers, mechanics and dispatchers this Christmas morning before the first bus hit the road. 🎄🎅

All I want for Christmas is a robust intercity bus network, connecting Spokane to every sizable city within two hundred miles, including great interior cities of British Columbia, featuring multiple daily departures.

Happy Almost Christmas! Taking the day off but went for a run that brought me through the Plaza for an opportunity to greet employees and to capture a Christmas scene near Bay 6. 🎄

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

With more APC data retrieved and processed from the coaches that operated on Saturday Dec. 13, ridership actually topped 20,000 that day. Transit really is an accelerant for downtown activation.

The number of Avista Utilities customers without power grew from 3,800 at 5am to nearly 70,000 at 7:15am. Power was out around Manito Park and as pictured, 14th Ave at Grand Blvd when I passed by on northbound 4. Gusts remain problematic. Stay safe out there!

Detour induced by busted water main is showing up in @transit.app. Such a great added value to Spokane Transit riders to have some clarity during service disruptions.

A vibrant downtown thrives on a robust transit network. 12/23/25 ridership topped 19,000, a first for Spokane Transit on a Saturday in the month of December.

The future of transportation isn’t the #Hyperloop* or self-driving cars. It’s the bus, the bike and the elevator. Via @slate.com. AND it’s better land-use & infrastructure decisions, reprioritizing space & budgets, accessible streets, & smart pricing mechanisms. *hyperloop was always a distraction

While waiting for my bus at 8 o'clock at night is a good time to study and admire the GOAT Bus Network Diagram.

Today's Spokesman-Review endeavors to provide detail on Spokane Transit's proposed revisions to bus service, expanding some routes and shifting resources from a low ridership route segment. Maps suggest precedent. Public input is essential: www.spokanetransit.com/projects/202...

Sitting in the crowded sanctuary of the South Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church this evening, waiting our turn for their outdoor Christmas play, "Journey to Bethlehem," listening to a performance and a young boy comes up and whispers, 1/

Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver. If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.

Another snowy morning. Close to 50 people on the bus during my commute in this morning.

First time on the KCM 7 in a very long time.

Many thanks to all of the transit legends that are still working today and keeping us moving 🫶🚂🚈🚌🚎⛴️🫶

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for public transportation and its workforce, wherever they may be. Today I am thankful specially thankful for Community Transit Route 109 and its first southbound trip from Lake Stevens.

In other new, Spokane Transit was recently accepted as a transit agency member of @nacto.bsky.social! STA has long benefited from their resources for bus stop design. Membership is next level collaboration. nacto.org/latest/nacto...

Spokane Transit just bought Transit app’s premium tier subscription (Royale) for every resident. Our small city’s transit agency is punching waaaaay above its weight www.spokanetransit.com/press-releas...

Great overview of Illinois’ just-passed transit bill, which sets a national standard by combining: —New funds to meaningfully improving service —Coordination of planning & fares across agencies —Action on TOD through elimination of parking rules & mechanism for transit agencies to lead projects

Good morning from Transit Town! I ran down the hill fast enough to have the opportunity to observe the 5:20 am pulse of buses that extend across the region. The added bus trips that come in at 5:15 am have injected more ridership into this pulse.

#Ivoted.

The reserved CEO parking spot is no more. The stall is now reserved for the monthly employee recognition award winner, with an comparable alternative benefit for winners who don't drive.

More housing now available near transit! 96 units total where my kids and I used to cut through the forest between our home and the transit station.

Another great morning to be a bus rider in Spokane. #WeekWithoutDriving

Another #WeekWithoutDriving.

Just another morning on the Spokane Transit Route 4. Transit moves community.

I caught the inaugural run of the first 4 Monroe Regal bus that begins at 4:52 am.

It’s difficult to put numbers on the total economic cost of an increasingly erratic water cycle but single flood events last year caused billions in damages, Stefan Uhlenbrook, a lead author of the report, said. https://cnn.it/3IhoS5E

Studying up for the next time I bus home from the airport. Thw journey since 1300 Eastern: MBTA Silver Line->BOS✈️->DEN->GEG->60🚍->4🚍->🏠

Final run in Boston started before 5am and ended nine miles later in Cambridge, with the return trip made possible by the Red Line and the Silver Line. A great way to see the city and its transit while attending the American Public Transportation Association's Transform Conference.

Jerome is clearly referring to Spokane. 😎

Approaching go live date! I got my own copy of the new system map today and it's 😍. Study up on the new routes and schedules here: Spokanetransit.com/change