Tacoma still has a lot of work to do to make transit a more appealing option. Storing trash bins at bus stops doesn't help. #Tacoma #TacomaWA #PublicTransit #PNW

I recently checked out Tacoma's new transit-accessible cheesecake window as part of my latest newsletter edition. Also in this edition ... 🧵 transiterranean.beehiiv.com/p/basque-che... #Tacoma #TacomaWA #PublicTransit #PacificNorthwest

In my new newsletter-blog edition, I outline what I like about Federal Way Link, make a dinner stop in Kent via the S Line, and look at safety conditions along S. 56th St in Tacoma. transiterranean.beehiiv.com/p/federal-wa... #Tacoma #Seattle #PublicTransit

Night bus vibes 🚌✨

Good evening, Tacoma. #Tacoma #TacomaWA #PNW #Transit #PublicTransit

@oranv.com @transiterranean.bsky.social pro-tip: you can see upcoming rail extensions on Apple Maps once an official date has been set by tapping on the entrances at future stations, then tapping the “service resumes” date in the card and then “view on map” in the following menu

My newest newsletter-blog edition covers a lot of ground, including: 🗳 #Transit accessible ballot dropboxes in #Tacoma 🚍 @sound-transit.bsky.social wants feedback on ST Express bus fall 2026 changes 🥚 Seeking out deviled eggs at Sig Brewing Read more: transiterranean.beehiiv.com/p/st-express...

Two T Line light-rail trains pass one another on Commerce Street in Downtown Tacoma near the Theater District Station. #Tacoma #TacomaWA #PublicTransit #PNW

Given the Link light rail's rapid expansion, Seattle now has the fastest transit ridership growth of any major US metro area, beating out the continued recovery of DC

Nighttime views on the @sound-transit.bsky.social Express 594 bus between Downtown Seattle and Tacoma via I-5. #Seattle #Tacoma #Transit #PublicTransit #PNW

Happy Skyline extension and TheBus service change day! You can now take the train from the west side of Oahu to the Honolulu airport or connect from Skyline to a rapid bus into town, UH Manoa or Waikiki at the Ahua Lagoon Drive station or many local buses at Kalihi Transit Center.

Good evening, Tacoma. The mountain is out. #Tacoma #TacomaWA #PNW

On of the best destinations along the T Line in Tacoma is Wright Park, especially this time of year. #Tacoma #PNW

Newly published in my Tacoma-centric newsletter-blog ... 🥾 Puget Creek's indirect transit connection to Commencement Bay. 🚧 New pedestrian crossings take shape in the 6th Ave. Business District. 🍲 Khao soi along the T Line. transiterranean.beehiiv.com/p/tacoma-pug... #Tacoma #Transit #PNW

The good news: Metro still plans to restore the Route 2 and 12 as trolleybus routes, and electrify the Route 48. The bad news: that's not planned until late 2026, 2029, and 2032 (!) respectively. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/13/m...

A Pierce Transit Route 1 bus heading eastbound on 6th Avenue in #Tacoma. #TacomaWA #PublicTransit #Transit #PNW

Sound Transit will operate special Sounder train service for ALDS Game 5 on Friday, departing Lakewood at 2:11 p.m. and Everett at 2:45 p.m., and leaving 45 minutes after the game ends. Regularly scheduled 4:55 trains to Lakewood and 5:15 to Everett will be canceled to accommodate service.

I'm still a relative newcomer to #Tacoma but is it normal for random strangers to approach you downtown asking if you'll drive them to Titlow Beach so they can "wrestle an octopus" in the water? With this unsolicited request, I can commiserate with the lack of transit access to Titlow Beach. #PNW

As someone who commutes a few days a week between Tacoma and UW's Seattle campus via transit, I never take the 586 express bus, which is often delayed on I-5 and proposed to be axed next year. Last Wednesday, the 586 was running 51 minutes behind! transiterranean.beehiiv.com/p/sound-tran...

I've rebranded my transit-oriented account on Bluesky to align with my new Tacoma-centric transit blog-newletter: transiterranean.beehiiv.com #Tacoma #TacomaWA #PublicTransit

Went to the new Red Line stations tonight, they’re beautiful!

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There's a newish waterside brewery in #Bellingham where "a pack of locusts" regularly swarms on the limited parking. In a newsletter-blog post, I discuss how to use #transit, including WTA's new waterfront bus service, to reach Beach Cat Brewing: bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/beach-cat-be...

There's no Sunday bus service in Boise!

Some Bellinghamsters spend their weekends in the mountains hiking. I ended up writing a newsletter-blog post about transit-accessible pharmacies and the local impacts of Rite Aid's bankruptcy. bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/rite-aid-ban... #Bellingham #BellinghamWA #transit

There is a lot of money to be extracted from people if transit agencies are allowed to keep falling off fiscal cliffs across the country.

Earlier this week for my Bellingham transit blog-newsletter, I documented an atypical loop of the city using WTA's new Routes 9, 10 and 18 (plus Route 3), including stops at Little Squalicum Pier, Cornwall Park and El Sueñito for a tamale lunch. bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/bellingham-l...

A Jackson County public transportation district is laying off employees and reducing bus service after the administration tied its federal funding to immigration enforcement.

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/

When SUVs junk up a perfectly nice streetscape photo of a bus ... #transit

There is a consensus in literature and empirical evidence out there that the driving factors in boarding times for transit vehicles are: 1. vertical & horizontal gap (the most important one) 2. width of doors 3. number of doors 4. Internal flows Yet, some bus operators just ignore this.

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.

For my Bellingham transit blog-newsletter sidehobby, I look at WTA's long-awaited June 2025 service expansion; how No Kings protesters packed local buses on Saturday; and Route 1 bus stop consolidation. bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/wta-june-202... #Bellingham #BellinghamWA #transit

For my Bellingham transit newsletter-blog sidehobby, I examine how @wsdot.wa.gov fish passage construction work along I-5 is impacting County Connector bus service in Skagit and Whatcom counties. bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/i-5-wsdot-co... #transit #Bellingham #BellinghamWA

A WTA Route 15 bus, which turns into Route 14 at Bellingham Station, passes the Mount Baker Theatre in Downtown #Bellingham WA on a sunny Sunday afternoon. #BellinghamWA #transit

So exciting! Who wants to see pics of factory progress of the new Amtrak Cascades trainsets? Follow the link for more photos. Enjoy! amtrakcascades.com/about/new-am...

Two big light rail projects open this weekend in the US: —Phoenix’s 5.5 mi South Central extension, which will be the south branch of a 2nd line www.valleymetro.org/project/sout... —LA’s new airport station on the C & K Lines, filling a missing gap www.metro.net/cklines/

Last year for my Bellingham transit newsletter-blog sidehobby, I wrote about how improving transit access to Bellingham-area trailheads would be a great way to reduce parking headaches and mitigate some environmental impacts of local tourism. bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/bellingham-t...

Weekend transit service from cities to trailheads seems to be a growth market. A data point from Seattle.

Looking down on a bus stop sign from a double-decker Sound Transit Express 512 bus in Everett, WA.

Hundreds of SEPTA employees at the transit agency’s largest bus depot in the city were met with a thick plume of black smoke early Thursday morning as a fire broke out in a rear lot reserved for decommissioned buses just ahead of peak rush hour. (1/2) 🔗 www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Ahead of its June service expansion, WTA in #Bellingham WA has released a redesigned system map. This section shows the routes converging on Bellingham Station downtown. Learn more the upcoming service changes: engage.ridewta.com/changes #maps #transitmaps

A bus view from last week: A WTA Route 80X bus follows a Skagit Transit Route 90X bus on Interstate 5 approaching the Chuckanut Park & Ride in Burlington, Washington. The 80X and 90X comprise the County Connector buses north of Seattle linking Bellingham and Everett via Mount Vernon.

Recently in transit photography: The Friday evening rush at Everett Station, where a Skagit Transit Route 80X County Connector bus is getting ready to depart for Mount Vernon.

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🚍🧵 Riding Skagit Transit's Route 90X north tonight out of Everett, I was thinking about the future of the north-of-Seattle County Connector buses in the context of Community Transit's future Swift Gold Line BRT (Everett to Smokey Pt via Marysville).

The Port Authority of NY and NJ wrapped up rehabilitation work of the #Hoboken PATH station. Here are Port Authority photos of the completed work (via Flickr): www.flickr.com/photos/panyn... More info about the work and 25-day PATH closure at Hoboken: www.panynj.gov/port-authori...

If Minnesota's Northstar commuter rail line ends up being shut down and replaced with commuter buses, nobody should be too surprised. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Today's morning commute involved the Seattle Center Monorail.

En route to the Lynnwood City Center Link station from Everett on a 2019 New Flyer Excelsior bus on Community Transit's Route 202.