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Puget Sound transportation news and opinion since 2007
New Post: Midweek Roundup: from farms to ferries
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New Post: Metro Operator Shortage to End Next Year
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New Post: Lynnwood Link Metro Bus Restructure Analysis
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New Post: Sunday Movie: The Hill of Hysteria & Cargo Bikes
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Sunday Movie: The Hill of Hysteria & Cargo Bikes
Two videos partly related to Friday’s “Pedestrianize the Ave” article. The biggest opposition to congestion pricing and pedestrianizing streets comes before they’re implemen…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/03/01/sunday-movie-the-hill-of-hysteria-cargo-bikes
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New Post: Upcoming Link Maintenance: March 2026
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New Post: Seattle Transit Measure: Performance Since Passed (2020 to Now)
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New Post: What Happened to the Very Frequent Transit Network?
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New Post: Midweek Roundup: bill comes due
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Midweek Roundup: bill comes due
New post on Page 2: Renton’s Transit Center Moves Toward I-405. If you’re a reader and interested in lending your perspective on transit and land use in the region, contact us. WSDOT has take…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/25/midweek-roundup-bill-comes-due
8 days ago
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New Post: Current and proposed overnight service along the Link 1 Line
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9 days ago
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New Post: Tap to Pay Starts
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Tap to Pay Starts
Open payments or “Tap to Pay” started today. Several transit agencies’ bus and rail readers including Sound Transit and Metro now accept not only ORCA cards but also credit cards …
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/23/tap-to-pay-starts
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New Post: Lynnwood Infill Stations: Pinehurst and potentially 220th St SW
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New Post: Sunday Movie: North America’s Elevator Problem
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Sunday Movie: North America’s Elevator Problem
About Here and Sightline Institute partnered to produce a video discussing how elevators in the US and Canada cost nearly three times as much to build and maintain compared to peer cities which mak…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/22/sunday-movie-north-americas-elevator-problem
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New Post: Crosslake Simulated Service Suspended Indefinitely
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11 days ago
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Nick
14 days ago
What is the Seattle Transit Measure? Why should you care? How can we get more bus service? All your questions answered and more in part 1 of my 3 part series for the STB!
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New Post: Renton’s Transit Center Moves Toward I-405
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New Post: Friday Roundtable: ORCA Tap to Pay Begins on Monday
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New Post: Seattle Transit Measure: History as the STBD (2014 to 2020)
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New Post: Midweek Roundup: 200,000 riders
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Midweek Roundup: 200,000 riders
Headlines: Vehicle Barrier Plan for Pike Place Market Comes Into View (The Urbanist) Issaquah Pitches Case for Keeping Its Light Rail Line on Track (The Urbanist) Light rail carried over 200K rider…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/18/midweek-roundup-200k-riders
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New Post: Sound Transit 2 Travel Times and Recap
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New Post: Learn from Mexico City: Multi-modal network
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17 days ago
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New Post: Sunday Movie: Amtrak’s new trains
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Sunday Movie: Amtrak’s new trains
Amtrak recently held an exclusive “first look ceremony” at their new Airo trainsets coming to certain routes nationwide over the next few years. Today’s videos review the new trai…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/15/sunday-movie-amtraks-new-trains
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New Post: 2 Line Simulated Service Begins
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New Post: Friday Roundtable: Community Transit’s History
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20 days ago
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New Post: Ridership Patterns for King County Metro Route 60
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21 days ago
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New Post: Midweek Roundup: Seahawks Victory Parade
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Midweek Roundup: Seahawks Victory Parade
Massive gridlock and transit reroutes today as the Seahawks celebrate their second Super Bowl win; here’s how to take transit to the victory parade. If you’re local and want to go, stro…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/11/midweek-roundup-seahawks-victory-parade
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New Post: Full 2 Line Simulated Service Begins Saturday
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New Post: Route 60 Improvements
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New Post: Take transit to the Seahawks’ victory parade
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New Post: Signs for two-car Link trains return to Seattle
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24 days ago
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New Post: Sunday Movies: Gasworks Park & Mt Hood
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Sunday Movies: Gasworks Park & Mt Hood
The history of Gasworks Park. (Fourth Place) Even if you’ve heard some of the history you probably don’t know all of it. From downtown Portland to Mt Hood by MAX and bus routes. (Climat…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/08/sunday-movies-gasworks-park-mt-hood
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New Post: 2 Line and No Kings
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2 Line and No Kings
On March 28 the full 2 Line will open with Crosslake service. The next nationwide No Kings march is on the same day. Having both at the same time raises logistical issues like overcrowded trains in…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/07/2-line-and-no-kings
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New Post: Friday Roundtable: RapidRide J Project Update
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Kirk Hovenkotter
27 days ago
Metro had these huge gains last year even as light rail expanded. More transit grows the pie for every agency in the region
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New Post: Midweek Roundup: A Better Billion
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Midweek Roundup: A Better Billion
Two teenagers were shot and killed at bus stop on Rainier Ave near South Shore PreK-8 on Friday (KUOW). Both were students at Rainier Beach High School. Students and community members including May…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/04/midweek-roundup-a-better-billion
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New Post: Autonomous Buses
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Autonomous Buses
Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is maturing from what I reported two years ago. While Waymo, Zoox (Amazon), and Tesla compete to replace taxis in the U.S., China (Baidu, Pony.ai, WeRide) is alre…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/03/autonomous-buses
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New Post: Tap-to-pay soft launches on RapidRide G
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New Post: Sunday Movies: Tacoma tunnel, Seattle 1980 & 2035
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Sunday Movies: Tacoma tunnel, Seattle 1980 & 2035
Tacoma’s abandoned railroad tunnel. (Pretty Gritty Tours) 1980 Seattle bus and walking tour. A short KCTS documentary. (Tom Speer) A realtor looks at Seattle in ten years. (Living in Seattle …
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/01/sunday-movies-tacoma-tunnel-seattle-1980-2035
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New Post: Friday Roundtable: New Battery Buses
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about 1 month ago
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New Post: Sound Transit’s 2026 Service Plan (Phase 4)
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Sound Transit’s 2026 Service Plan (Phase 4)
ST Express 554 and King County Metro 204 buses at Mercer Island stop. (Bruce Englehardt) Earlier this week, Sound Transit shared an updated proposal for its ST Express restructure that will be impl…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/01/29/sound-transits-2026-service-plan-phase-4
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New Post: Midweek Roundup: Fascists in the Streets
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Midweek Roundup: Fascists in the Streets
There Are No Safe Streets under Fascist Occupation (streets.mn) Transportation: Sound Transit Board Abruptly Removes Key Committee Chair Ahead of Pivotal Year (The Urbanist) New Seattle bikeways co…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/01/28/midweek-roundup-fascists-in-the-streets
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New Post: Early Look at Federal Way Link Extension Ridership
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New Post: Sunday Movies: Link & Finch West
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Sunday Movies: Link & Finch West
Praise for Link from a British perspective. (CityMoose) Toronto’s Finch West light rail, which opened in December, is slower than Link’s surface segments. (Not Just Bikes) It’s th…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/01/25/sunday-movies-link-finch-west
about 1 month ago
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New Post: Friday Roundtable: First Hill Streetcar Turns 10
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New Post: Midweek Roundup: like it’s 1999
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Midweek Roundup: like it’s 1999
Reminder: From 10pm on Friday, Jan. 23, until Monday, Jan. 26, the DSTT is scheduled to be closed between Capitol Hill and SODO stations for signal upgrades. Sound Transit says the 1 Line will reop…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/01/21/midweek-roundup-1999
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New Post: SDOT’s Year in Review reveals room for improvement
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SDOT’s Year in Review reveals room for improvement
On New Year’s Eve, SDOT posted a short video highlighting several projects it completed in 2025, distilling a longer summary shared in a blog post earlier in December. The blog post gives rou…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/01/20/2025-sdot-year-in-review
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New Post: Learn from Paris: Gondola line over Ship Canal
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about 1 month ago
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New Post: Sunday Movie: South Jersey & Anti-Transit Comedy
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Sunday Movie: South Jersey & Anti-Transit Comedy
Evan Edinger tries the buses in suburban southern New Jersey. That video got a lot of comments saying why public transit can’t work in the US. So Evan made another video refuting these claims…
https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/01/18/sunday-movie-south-jersey-anti-transit-comedy
about 2 months ago
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New Post: Friday Roundtable: Sound Transit to Pilot Night Owl Bus to Sea-Tac Airport
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about 2 months ago
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New Post: Mayor Wilson’s First Orders: Denny Way Bus Lanes and Housing
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about 2 months ago
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New Post: Ballard Center Station
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