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Friday Roundtable: Sounder Turns 25

Seattle Transit Blog 9/19 5:00A Michael Smith

Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of Sounder, Sound Transit s commuter rail service. On the morning of September 18, 2000, the first Sounder trip departed a temporary station in Tacoma and headed...

Midweek Roundup: growth, gains, and greatness

Seattle Transit Blog 9/17 12:48A Nathan Dickey

Local Transit News: Sound Transit Outlines Promising Everett Link Cost Reductions, Bleaker Seattle News (The Urbanist). STB article in the works. Seattle eyes electric cargo...

Sunday Movie: SLU and the L8

Seattle Transit Blog 9/14 2:00A Mike Orr

CityNerd looks at South Lake Union, its walkability and bicycle lanes, the notoriously unreliable route 8, the wide stroads, and Big Tech s hidden motives for colonizing...

Fixing Stride 3

Seattle Transit Blog 9/13 2:00A Ross Bleakney

Sound Transit is in the early stages of building Stride 3 , a new bus rapid transit service. It will run along SR-522 and Northeast 145th Street between Bothell and Shoreline...

Friday Roundtable: Ecotopia Transit

Seattle Transit Blog 9/12 12:00A Mike Orr

Excerpts from the 1975 novel Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach. Twenty years earlier in 1955, California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the US to form a sustainable...

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Fresh Feed: This Week’s Best Bites from the RestaurantNews.com Feed

Restaurant News 9/14 4:55A RestaurantNews.com

This week s Best Bites from the RestaurantNews.com Feed highlight restaurant nostalgia, innovation, and consumer trends. From the rise and fall of chains like Howard Johnson s...

California Tortilla Serves a Week of Free Chips and Guac for National Guacamole Day

Restaurant News 9/9 2:07A RestaurantNews.com

Celebrate Guac O Clock Sept. 15 21 with Avocados from Mexico Potomac, MD ( RestaurantNews.com ) Holy guacamole! California Tortilla , the unique fast-casual franchise known for its bold...

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Bosa’s Park Row Targeting 2026 Presales

Urban Living 9/13 7:18A Matt Goyer

Bosa, the developer behind the highly anticipated Park Row, is gearing up to bring 143 new condos to downtown Bellevue. Fresh signage at their upcoming sales center (in the...