[nfbwatlk] FW: Weekly Seattle Transit Blog Update for 08/19/2015

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: FW: Weekly Seattle Transit Blog Update for 08/19/2015

Weekly Seattle Transit Blog Update for 08/19/2015

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.

 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=b0631d6b8f&e=0adbc9319d> Help Sound Transit Improve Their Ticket Vending Machines on August 25

Aug 18, 2015 02:45 pm | Zach Shaner

Sound Transit is hoping to revamp their Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) design prior to ULink opening. To test a few new UI concepts for the machines, Sound Transit is offering $15 Starbucks cards to riders willing to go to ST headquarters during business hours next Tuesday, August 25th. If you are a regular transit rider […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=4091378447&e=0adbc9319d> Seattle Should Demand High-Quality Rail

Aug 18, 2015 07:30 am | Guest Contributor

SEATTLE SUBWAY Martin recently pointed out that having strong local constituents who care about transit is critically important to getting the most out of Sound Transit investments. We strongly agree. That is why we were encouraged by the Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) recommendations for the next Sound Transit ballot measure (ST3). The SDOT recommendations […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=dfdc8e8712&e=0adbc9319d> South King County’s ST3 Comments

Aug 17, 2015 07:45 am | Zach Shaner

Two weeks ago Martin wrote at length – and then our readers commented at a far greater length – about Seattle’s ST3 input, featuring a new alignment proposal that attempted to knit together Downtown, SLU, LQA, and Ballard. As Martin noted at the time, the way the Federal Way alignment process played out reiterated how […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=2609ba4c39&e=0adbc9319d> Sunday Open Thread: METRO’s New Bus Network

Aug 16, 2015 09:00 am | Oran Viriyincy

Today, after a year of work, Houston just revamped its bus network overnight, bringing better service to more people than ever before. Free rides for the first week so people can try it out. I like that off-peak service will be the same every day of the week. It gives a sense of dependability and […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=ef72357065&e=0adbc9319d> Fixing WSDOT’s Amtrak Cascades Timetables

Aug 15, 2015 12:30 pm | Zach Shaner

For over a year now, Amtrak Cascades schedules have been incorrectly printed on their website, reading backwards in the southbound direction, both on mobile and on desktop platforms. While tech mistakes happen and are eminently forgivable, not having processes in place to quickly fix crucial pieces of information – such as a basic timetable – is inexcusable. […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=5a857b7eda&e=0adbc9319d> A Brief History of Link Line Colors

Aug 14, 2015 12:00 pm | Oran Viriyincy

Sound Transit staff have long suggested by example prior to adoption of the Link line naming system that Central Link will be named the Red Line and East Link be named the Blue Line. Those “example” names became official in June when ST announced new and improved signage to be unveiled systemwide when U-Link opens […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=ffab6353fc&e=0adbc9319d> Blue Line Travel Times in 2023

Aug 14, 2015 08:15 am | Zach Shaner

On Monday we looked at travel times on Link’s ‘Red Line’, the central spine that will run between Lynnwood and Des Moines (or possibly Federal Way) in 2023. We made a few observations along the way, including the relative benefit to Snohomish County compared to South King, about the gifts of Link to the Rainier Valley, […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=d46e277ae6&e=0adbc9319d> Sound Transit and Good Transit Outcomes

Aug 13, 2015 07:45 am | Martin H. Duke

Sunday’s open thread had a video about a new light rail line in Toronto, and people took the opportunity to have a little fun with Sound Transit’s expansion plans. The Toronto line is straight, compact, and has dense station spacing, and the Everett-Tacoma-Redmond spine is none of those things. Seattle doesn’t have Toronto’s transit potential in […]

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 <http://seattletransitblog.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b4f22885fa860c661caf854b7&id=8e74509331&e=0adbc9319d> Brenda Hits a Snag, Tunneling to Resume Next Week

Aug 12, 2015 07:30 am | Zach Shaner

While on a visit to the future Roosevelt station site recently, STB tipper Leslie B. heard that one of Sound Transit’s tunnel boring machines (Brenda) hadn’t moved in a few weeks. We reached out to Sound Transit, and Kimberly Reason told STB that the problem was a large boulder: Brenda (TBM #1) has stopped mining since […]

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