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New Post: Driver Blocks Trains On Elevated Tracks at Mount Baker Station seattletransitblog.com/2026/06/03/d...
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Could have really used those Denny bus lanes today. Soon!! #votingmatters
New Post: Graham Street Station and the Failure of the Enterprise Initiative seattletransitblog.com/2026/05/25/g...
New Post: Movies: Walking to the World Cup & Removing a Subway
New Post: Strauss ST3 Amendments
New Post: Friday Roundtable: Lake Washington Boulevard Car-free Weekends 2026 seattletransitblog.com/2026/05/22/f...
Excellent article not just about Graham Street station but about the larger failure of Sound Transit’s “enterprise initiative.” It’s a failure on par with the rejection of the Forward Thrust rail initiatives in 1968 and 1970.
How is Fare Evasion in Washington? How are agencies enforcing fares?
And how, despite ~30% of riders fare evading, are only 3% of Light Rail inspections warnings or citations?
All answered in my latest for the @seattletransitblog.com and🧵 below
seattletransitblog.com/2026/05/21/t...
New Post: The Status of Fare Evasion in Washington State seattletransitblog.com/2026/05/21/t...
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Sound Transit boardmember Dan Strauss is proposing three amendments to the ST3 system plan update on Thursday. The full list of amendments is expected Tuesday, and it sounds like there will be a lo…
Why it’s illegal to walk to the World Cup Final in New Jersey. Hint: It’s not just highways and chain-link fences. (Evan Edinger) What if we removed the Lexington Avenue subway line in …
In light of the recent news that Graham Street Station is set to be deferred yet again, I thought it would be worth considering if there may be a better way forward. Despite the early promises of t…
Buried in Sound Transit news today is a report to the Rider Experience board committee outlining that the Fare Ambassador Program is not going well.
Roughly 40% of riders do not pay and of riders who admit to fare evading, 60% refuse to show ID and are thus not issued a warning.
