Seattle Rallies to Save Ballard Rail

Seattle Transit Blog 4/20 2:08A Michael Smith

People walk past the planned site for the Ballard Link station. On Sunday, hundreds of Seattleites and transit advocates walked from Ballard to Interbay and Smith Cove, roughly following the planned...

Sunday Movies: US High-Speed Rail

Seattle Transit Blog 4/19 12:00A Mike Orr

History of high-speed rail in the US. (The B1M) 60 Minutes episode on the current status of high-speed rail in the US. (60 Minutes) This is an open thread.

Friday Roundtable: Incorrect Signs, Part 2

Seattle Transit Blog 4/17 2:02A Michael Smith

In December, we took a look at a few incorrect signs in the Puget Sound transit network. Many of these signs have since been fixed, but the region s quickly growing transit system has resulted in a...

Midweek Roundup: Retro Metro

Seattle Transit Blog 4/15 12:05A Nathan Dickey

Looking south on Railroad Avenue with Seattle Municipal Railway streetcar turning east on Washington Street ramp, July 20, 1929 ( Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive ). This ramp was removed in the...

Metro Flex Service Boundary Updates

Seattle Transit Blog 4/13 1:50A Michael Smith

King County Metro s fixed route bus network provides extensive coverage in King County. To complement fixed route service in some neighborhoods, Metro operates Metro Flex , an on-demand transit...

Sunday Movie: Mexico City BRT

Seattle Transit Blog 4/12 12:00A Mike Orr

Mexico City elevated trolleybus BRT line. Elevated light rail would have cost 2 1/2 times more. (TransitWorld) Scooby Doo and the Goblin King has a YouTube channel with raw footage of several Metro, Community Transit, and Sound Transit bus models...

1 & 2 Line Experiences

Seattle Transit Blog 4/11 12:00A Mike Orr

Lynnwood-bound 2 Line train entering the Mount Baker Tunnel. Now that the full 2 Line has been running for two weeks, what has been your experience on the 1 and 2 Lines since the first regular weekday...

Friday Roundtable: Intercity Bus Routes

Seattle Transit Blog 4/10 1:30A Michael Smith

Map of intercity routes in the United States (University of Illinois) The Urban Traffic & Economics Lab at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has created GFTS (General Transit Feed Specification)...

Midweek Roundup: Bus McBusBus

Seattle Transit Blog 4/8 12:00A Nathan Dickey

ST s monthly extended overnight maintenance program heads to the Eastside next week : Link 2 Line service between Bel-Red and Downtown Redmond will be replaced by shuttles after 10pm each evening on April 14-17. Local Transit: Riders of the...

Sound Transit Express Night Bus service

Seattle Transit Blog 4/6 12:00A Wesley Lin

ST Express Overnight Proposal Map by Sound Transit Overnight proposal map pdf Previously we talked about the pilot route of Sound Transit s overnight bus service which launched last weekend from...

Sunday Movies: Plazas & Detroit

Seattle Transit Blog 4/5 12:00A Mike Orr

The best US plazas. (CityNerd) What is Detroit like? (CityNerd) This is an open thread.

Alert: T Line Maintenance This Week

Seattle Transit Blog 4/4 1:54A Michael Smith

T Line train passing Pierce Transit Route 57. The Link T Line in Tacoma will be closed and replaced by free shuttle buses between 6pm on Monday (April 6) until the start of service on Friday (April...

Friday Roundtable: New Metro Stop Schedules

Seattle Transit Blog 4/3 1:02A Michael Smith

Old (left) an and new (center) example bus stop schedule for the H Line. (Metro) Metro has announced a new stop schedule design that will roll out over the next few weeks. This is the first redesign...

Crosslake Movies

Seattle Transit Blog 4/2 5:14A Mike Orr

Movies on Crosslake Link s opening last Saturday. Miles in Transit. Classy Whale. Trains are Awesome. Unedited video of the speeches (starting at the five minute mark ) as well as some of the initial riders ( much later in the video). The rest of...

Foolish Roundup

Seattle Transit Blog 4/1 3:00A Nathan Dickey

An elaborate 2001 April Fools Day prank in Copenhagen lampooned ongoing construction of the city s driverless Metro system, which would open in 2002 (Lars Andersen, Wikimedia) It s April 1 and today...