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WEB5 days ago · The Seattle Times ($): WA ferry fares increase to make up for passenger decline. Ryan Packer (Twitter): Dow Constantine’s budget proposal includes a quarter adult fare increase for @KingCountyMetro , bringing the fare up to the $3 flat fare that is currently in place at Sound Transit. “Dow’s touting 168,500 service hours added by his budget.
Seattle Transit Blog – Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater ...
WEBThe Seattle Times ($): WA ferry fares increase to make up for passenger decline. Ryan Packer (Twitter): Dow Constantine’s budget proposal includes a quarter adult fare increase for @KingCountyMetro , bringing the fare up to the $3 flat fare that is currently in place at Sound Transit. “Dow’s touting 168,500 service hours added by his budget.
Midweek Roundup: Fresh Concrete – Seattle Transit Blog
WEB12 hours ago · Midweek Roundup: Fresh Concrete. October 8, 2024 by Nathan Dickey. A team builds a concrete street in Seattle on June 5, 1929 – specific location unknown. Item 3446, courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle Transit Blog – Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater ...
WEB1 day ago · September 28, 2024 by Martin Pagel. Pundits claim West Seattle had been added to the ST3 plan by politicians envious that Ballard gets a light rail connection. It seemed easy to draw another line on the map, but now that Sound Transit published the final Environmental Impact Statement for the West Seattle Link Extension (WSLE) it …
Michael Smith – Seattle Transit Blog
WEB1 day ago · October 7, 2024October 6, 2024 by Michael Smith. A few months ago, I was waiting for a Route 7 bus and was frustrated by the far too common bus bunching along Rainier Ave. When the bus arrived at my stop, it was followed immediately by two other Route 7 buses. I spent some time thinking about …
Via to Transit is expanding – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBAug 11, 2021 · Via to Transit service areas (source: King County Metro) Via to Transit, which debuted in 2019 as an on-demand Link shuttle to better connect to Link areas where bus service is limited or not available, is getting a major expansion on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. From 2020 to now, Via to Transit only …
Getting ready for big changes to regional transit
WEBDec 27, 2021 · Getting ready for big changes to regional transit. With 2021 coming to a close, our region has set sail on a major, exciting, one-in-a-generation opportunity to restructure and reform our transit network thanks to billions in capital investments. In 2008, regional voters approved Sound Transit 2 (ST2), and these investments are now bearing ...
Link a little slower than expected – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBJan 5, 2022 · Link a little slower than expected. January 5, 2022 by Martin H. Duke. Sound Transit recently released a revised Link schedule that will take effect January 8th “to better reflect actual trip times.”. The main difference is that a Northgate-Angle Lake trip turns out to be 4 minutes slower, from 53 minutes to 57.
2021 – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBDecember 16, 2021 by Frank Chiachiere. From the Governor’s blog: Gov. Jay Inslee’s 2022 supplemental budget proposes significant funding to reduce poverty, increase housing and resources for homeless individuals, expand K-12 learning supports, invest in clean transportation and green economy, decarbonize buildings, and protect salmon habitat.
What will be the new normal for post-COVID ridership?
WEBMay 4, 2022 · Here’s a crude back-of-the-napkin analysis for calculating potential lost ridership: Roughly half of pre-COVID ridership was commuters, of which we might assume a third will now be fully remote, another third will be hybrid (commuting a few days a week), and the remaining third will go back to the office mostly full-time.