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Seattle Transit Blog"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in' id=templateBody><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>Hi jacob,<br><br>Here's what we've been talking about on the Seattle Transit Blog this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=d3a4ac2d10&e=0adbc9319d"><span style='color:#336699'>NYC to Offer Low-Income Half Fare; TriMet Rolls Its Out on July 1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>Jun 12, 2018 07:30 am | Brent White<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=rsscontent style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>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 […]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=ec1d799266&e=0adbc9319d"><span style='color:#336699'>comments</span></a> | <a href="https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=42630bab53&e=0adbc9319d"><span style='color:#336699'>read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=157bd8c18f&e=0adbc9319d" title="Like NYC to Offer Low-Income Half Fare; TriMet Rolls Its Out on July 1 on Facebook" id=fblike-a06ea435><span style='color:#336699;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 height=20 style='width:.5in;height:.2083in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D40377.BE5EC360" alt="Image removed by sender. 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Some West Seattle residents are advocating for the removal of Avalon station to pay for a tunnel under the Junction. 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