Sunday Movie: The 30% Housing-Cost Metric

Seattle Transit Blog 7/6 2:00A Mike Orr

The metric that housing should cost 30% of income is not based on any scientific estimate of people s total living expenses. (Radical Planning) Instead it has an arbitrary history, and has evolved to be detrimental to both affordable housing and...

Friday Roundtable: Metro Trolley Wire Map

Seattle Transit Blog 7/4 12:00A Michael Smith

While most people looking at the sky today are hoping to see fireworks, I prefer to look at overhead trolleybus wires. The map below outlines the location of all trolleybus wires in Seattle. This dataset was created by King County and last updated...

4th of July Transit Service

Seattle Transit Blog 7/3 12:00A Michael Smith

Tomorrow is a Independence Day, so Puget Sound transit agencies are running reduced schedules. To help everyone travel to and from the celebrations throughout the region, some agencies are running...

Midweek Roundup: fancy new trains

Seattle Transit Blog 7/2 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Contractors have pulled up tracks on the I-90 bridge (taken 6/18), does this mean more 2 Line delays? Local Transit News: Did you attend the FIFA Club World Cup games in Seattle in June? Sound Transit...

A Bus Network for Access Above Demand

Seattle Transit Blog 7/1 12:00A Matt Laquidara

Hypothetical King County Metro 24/7 Network map of north Seattle. Route colors are chosen arbitrarily. This is a hypothetical redesign of King County Metro s transit service in the Seattle area, with...

Add Bus Service to First Avenue

Seattle Transit Blog 6/30 12:00A Ross Bleakney

Ryan Parker had a recent editorial about adding bus service on First Avenue. I completely agree. There are many options and issues to consider. Center Running with Normal Buses Many of you are...

Sunday Movie: Freeway River Restoration

Seattle Transit Blog 6/29 2:00A Mike Orr

Turning an elevated freeway back into a river in Seoul. (Not Just Bikes) This is an open thread.

Route 255 to downtown Seattle

Seattle Transit Blog 6/28 2:00A Wesley Lin

SR 520 historical transit routes With the Montlake Lid bus stop opening in April , this article will recap the past and briefly explore the future of transit on SR-520. The opening of East Link will...

Fix the L8: Long W8s

Seattle Transit Blog 6/26 12:36A Guest Contributor

By JASON LI This is part 3 of a 3-part series on route 8. Part 1 . Part 2 . Even if Denny Way is solved, frequency for the route is subpar, especially at night, where it drops to 20-30 minutes....

Midweek Roundup: wire theft

Seattle Transit Blog 6/25 12:00A Nathan Dickey

Local Transit News: Wire theft disrupts Eastside light rail for second time in 4 days (The Seattle Times, $). The Seattle Times ($) coverage of the first theft on Saturday . The Redmond Link Extension boosted Link to new ridership records in May...

Fix the L8: Redesigning Denny Way

Seattle Transit Blog 6/24 12:00A Guest Contributor

By JASON LI This is part 2 of a 3-part series on route 8. Part 1 . As the only arterial connecting Seattle s second and third densest neighborhoods , Denny Way is one of the most important streets in the city. But as all locals know, it doesn’t...

Fix the L8: Route 8 Bus Lanes

Seattle Transit Blog 6/23 12:00A Guest Contributor

By JASON LI This is part 1 of a 3-part series on route 8 and Denny Way. Part 2 will be Tuesday, part 3 Thursday. Seattle needs more bus lanes. Everywhere. We are in the middle of a worsening climate...

Sunday Movie: Los Angeles Airport Metro Station

Seattle Transit Blog 6/22 2:00A Mike Orr

Los Angeles has a new metro station closer to LAX airport, and a new north-south K line serving it. (Erik Em) Erik rides the C line from downtown Los Angeles west to Expo/Crenshaw station, and the new K line south to the airport. Here are system...

Past Plans 1980s ~ 2000s

Seattle Transit Blog 6/21 2:30A Wesley Lin

There s been some discussion about past plans such as Forward Thrust (1970s). However, many other plans were debated. The Link light rail could have ended up as a very different variant of light rail....

Summer 2025 Metro Service Change

Seattle Transit Blog 6/21 2:00A Michael Smith

Over the next few days, King County Metro is implementing Phase 2 of the East Link Connections route restructure. This phase includes updates to Dial-A-Ride-Transit (DART) routes 204, 930, and 931....