as commenter oran points out the service changes brochure is already online.
southwest king county front page
southwest king county brochure pdf
weve talked a lot about southeast seattle changes but not this area of king county.a interestingly theyll be impacted not only by link to the airport but also the pacific highway rapidride opening in 2010.
since i dont understand its commute patterns as w... [Show More]
a great idea Post Source: slog.thestranger.com Posted: Oct 04 2008 00:28:26
you know that block and a half of prime capitol hill real estate where sound transit is building an underground lightrail station when the station is finished the entrances will only take up a small part of the aboveground space and the agency doesnat know what exactly it will do with the rest.
ai donat want it to be a big frickina walmart or a bunch of condos out of belltowna says carter kinn... [Show More]
the federal dot is contributinga6 million to the point defiance bypass projectaso trains traveling south from tacoma wont have to use the congested single track nelson bennett tunnel and the slow winding tracks south of it. the contribution will help the 140 million sound transit project to extend sounder to lakewood. when completed amtrak trains will use the new inland route known as the lakeview... [Show More]
constellations Post Source: seattletransitblog.com Posted: Sep 30 2008 22:54:28
while were on the subject of art one interesting tidbit i learned about at the mlk street fair was the origin of the pictograms associated with each station. it turns out theyre supposed to be constellations as explained in this brochure.
the basic idea is that one plots out the locations of several points of interest in the vicinity of each station and then connects those points in a way that su... [Show More]
this pi piece by their architecture critic talks about the interesting way architecture in link stations and theres a companion piece by the pis art critic on sound transits public art program start. the two pieces are accompanied by a beautiful gallery of photos of the various art installations and station architecture. if you dont know sound transit spends one percent of nontunnel capital expend... [Show More]
if you havent had the opportunity to step on a real live link train yet tomorrow saturday is your lucky day.a just head down to the future sight of the othello light rail station for the mlk safety street fair.a the purpose i suppose is to teach people how not to get hit by a train.
the headlining politician is king county councilman and stb favorite larry phillips.a chances are good youll see mor... [Show More]
reader brant asked us to respond to the no campaigns argument that sound transit has come up short on the promises made for sound move in 1996.
to a large extent its fair to chastize sound transit as an organization for the failures it has experienced over its lifetime. avoters were promised one thing and thanks to several years of epic mismanagement theyre getting the completion of that package q... [Show More]
truck follies Post Source: seattletransitblog.com Posted: Sep 13 2008 16:27:43
from the times
250000 sound transit truck cant fit in tunnel
this was incorrectly reported as a halfmillion dollar mistake by some tv outlets although just one 250000 truck is going to be sold presumably at a loss of less than 250k.a but hey big numbers make big headlines right
its true that this kind of thing is a drop in the bucket on a multibillion dollar project less than 0.01 of the budget ... [Show More]
please join me on tuesday september 30 from 5pm to 7pm at the celtic bayou cafe and irish pub in redmond for septembers agile beer night we dont yet have a topic for discussion or a guest presenter but please stay tuned...do you practice agile software development do you want to its open to all so please come join us have a pint and discuss agile development tell two friends and then bring them al... [Show More]
i recently told a friend i thought mass transit expansion should be funded by increasing the gas tax. she responded could it actually cover all the costs i didnt know so i did some number crunching. heres what i came up with
the sound transit 2008 ballot measures expansion plans will cost 13500000000. source
to be conservative lets say 20000000001 gallons of gasoline are consumed i... [Show More]
...n of this new facility.
this is issaquahs second new parking and transit service garage. we are fortunate that we have this. it will allow many more people ways to cope with our gas prices. visit www.soundt ransit.org for more info. the center is located at 1050 17th ave nw.
this center has all the bells and whistles such as protected shelters for folks waiting for their bus and emergency c... [Show More]
...ide and issaquah transit center just getting open. there are many publications available and online infomation to help you get where you are going. some areas have links to light rail not us yet. www.soundt ransit.org
there are van pools where a group of people use a van thats owned insured and maintained by king county. one member of the group volunteers to drive and rides for free the other... [Show More]
busing with your pup Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Jul 01 2008 21:06:43
many dog owners do not know that you can ride most buses with your fourfooted buddy. ive done some research about busing with dogs on the various transit agencies in the greater seattle area and thought i should share this knowledge with everyone. with high gas prices this might help others leave their cars at home for shorter trips.
metro
metros official policy allows dogs on buses as long as ... [Show More]
yesterday afternoon we were trying to jaywalk across 15th when a 10 bus pulled up. we walked past it hoping to use it for blocking. another 10 bus pulled up.
then we looked down the street. another 10 bus was pulling up. thanks to a metro more frequent service upgrade the 10s run every 15 minutes during rush hour or even every 15 seconds if they all get stuck in downtown traffic.
over on crossc... [Show More]
...ople in thecommunity who support the sculpture.if you know anyone who might wish to write a letter or email emailsare just as good they should send it to the following two peoplejoni earl ceojoni.ea rlsoundtra nsit.orgso und transit401as. jackson st.seattle wa 98104barbara luecke start program managerbar bara.lueck esoundtran sit.org sound transit401as. jackson st.seattle wa 98104thanks for... [Show More]
msn money mentions seattle in an article about reducing cars per household. an interesting read. here is the relevant portion
local governments around the country are encouraging residents to ditch their unneeded vehicles. arlington va. denver and dayton ohio are all starting programs designed to take cars off their roads. under seattles one less car challenge residents who successfully go on a ... [Show More]
im sitting in the starbucks at the corner of rainier ave. s. and mlk way s. waiting for my tires to be replaced at firestone and tapped into the wifi network emanating from the construction site at sound transits mount baker station across the street.
while i appreciate the free wireless access and im certainly not sucking up much bandwidth i wouldnt recommend they leave their wifi router wide ope... [Show More]
sound transit has posted updated information for the new capitol hill and university district light rail stations. a few of the local bloggers have shown their disdain of the proposed art for the capitol hill station. you can see a video of the design here.
it appears that the uw station has no art installations to sneer at at least according to this artist rendering.
sound transits website h... [Show More]
the first thing that struck us about the 3.15mile 1.6 billion project that is the university link light rail line is that it will have half of the projected ridership of the 16mile central link line. kinda makes us think they should have started with the u district capitol hill part first. as it is the central link goes online in 2009 university link in 2016.
we also marveled at how full the ro... [Show More]
today after work we and about 130 other people headed over to sccc to listen to sound transit talk about the upcoming broadway station. this meeting was there to tell the public about the design of the station its impact on the neighborhood the landscaping and the art. for the most part the station entrances are glass green walls like the capitol hill library and masonry. special attention has ... [Show More]
many folks moving to gig harbor or thinking of moving to gig harbor often have questions about our transportation system.a many who are considering buying a home in gig harbor will be working in seattle or tacoma and want to know what the commute will be like.a
ive never ridden the public transit system in gig harbor so id love to hear from those of you who have.a i know that there are several opt... [Show More]
so yesterday evening. i was waiting for the bus with coworker in the downtown bus tunnel. we were chatting away on work schuff when i looked up and saw this ... hrmph crazy...
for your information route 550 bus goes from seattle to bellevue transit center. i have seen a .. lot.. of.. buswrap ads this one is goooooooood....... [Show More]
currently the seattle metro bus tunnel is only open on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. these hours mean that i rarely use the tunnel. most of my nonwork bus riding is on the weekends or night after 7 p.m.
the good news is that once the tunnel starts having the light rail go toandfrom the airport the tunnel will be open on the weekends
i sent feedback and got this response from sound transit
when l... [Show More]
conferences roundup Post Source: eric.extremeboredom.net Posted: Sep 16 2007 21:59:19
ive been to a lot of conferences over the past few months heres a short summary of them
may 07 toorcon seattle beta
i wrote a separate post about this see here.
july 07 ubuntu live
i took the train down to portland with andy which is so much more enjoyable than flying i dont even know where start. unfortunately amtraks trains on the west cost are quite slow and at least between seattle and portl... [Show More]
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