[NFBSea] FW: Weekly Seattle Transit Blog Update for 06/13/2018

Thu Jun 14 07:38:16 UTC 2018

Weekly Seattle Transit Blog Update for 06/13/2018

Here's what we've been talking about on STB this week.

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Hi jacob,

Here's what we've been talking about on the Seattle Transit Blog this week.

 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=d3a4ac2d10&e=0adbc9319d> NYC to Offer Low-Income Half Fare; TriMet Rolls Its Out on July 1

Jun 12, 2018 07:30 am | Brent White

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Assembly Speaker Corey Johnson have struck a deal that will give low-income New York City transit riders a roughly 50% fare discount starting next year, under a program called “Fair Fares”. Up until the past week, Mayor de Blasio resisted the discount, saying the state should […]

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 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=311a326bc6&e=0adbc9319d> Could West Seattle Have a Tunnel – and Housing, Too?

Jun 11, 2018 07:26 am | Frank Chiachiere

The West Seattle Link extension was promised to voters as three stations (Delridge, Avalon, and Alaska Junction) running on an elevated guideway. Some West Seattle residents are advocating for the removal of Avalon station to pay for a tunnel under the Junction. Sound Transit has pushed back on this idea, arguing that removing a station […]

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 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=db4a65547b&e=0adbc9319d> Sunday Open Thread: Hong Kong’s Expensive Housing

Jun 10, 2018 09:00 am | Oran Viriyincy

To put Hong Kong in perspective, imagine the entire population of the state of Washington in a territory slightly larger than King County’s urban area of which less than 25% is developed.

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 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=4f16bb83f0&e=0adbc9319d> New Housing Coming Near Northgate Link Stations

Jun 09, 2018 07:45 am | Bruce Englehardt

While work Northgate Link moves past construction and into cleanup and testing, developers have been busy drawing up plans for new housing near its stations. Opening day is only three years away, so projects that have started early design review should be able to finish up around the same time that light rail service begins […]

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 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=61caf3ecca&e=0adbc9319d> Minimizing Downtown Transfer Pain in ST3

Jun 08, 2018 07:17 am | Brent White

SODO Station and the SODO busway: Future home of West Seattle – southside train transfers Photo by Joe Kunzler / flickr When ST3 is built out, it will have two major downtown transfer hubs, at already-very-busy Westlake Station and International District / Chinatown Station. In all likelihood, transfers at these stations will not be fast, […]

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 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=10c0186ecb&e=0adbc9319d> News Roundup: Small Apartments

Jun 07, 2018 07:00 am | Frank Chiachiere

Class action lawsuit filed against Sound Transit on car tab fees One step closer to free transit for high school students Metro kicks off Eastside mobility survey the death of America’s small apartments Lynnwood link online survey California going big on EV charging Meanwhile, plenty of hypocrisy to go around with BART and housing What […]

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 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=cf627900c6&e=0adbc9319d> Dockless Bike Share is Popular, Now Infrastructure Needs to Catch Up

Jun 06, 2018 11:20 am | Frank Chiachiere

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly a year since Seattle became the first American city to have a large dockless bike share presence. With the initial permits set to be reviewed this summer, SDOT’s Joel Miller reported to the committee last week on the system, which now includes 10,000 bikes provided by 3 […]

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 <https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=8bf4fd7f12&e=0adbc9319d> Beginning of the End for Convention Place Station

Jun 06, 2018 08:10 am | Bruce Englehardt

This week, crews started demolition work along the 9th Avenue wall that runs along the edge of Convention Place Station and its bus layover lot. The demolition work will be conducted primarily on weekends from now until October and is being done to prepare for the eventual turnover of Convention Place to the convention center […]

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