Morning Fizz: D's trying to sort out 1st District race
Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring Dwight Pelz, a new parking garage, a new tunnel, Reuven Carlyle, Sylvester Cann, and Boring Machine Brenda.
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Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring Dwight Pelz, a new parking garage, a new tunnel, Reuven Carlyle, Sylvester Cann, and Boring Machine Brenda.
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Is public transit all about getting there quickly and conveniently, or about having fun and looking cool? The new First Hill Streetcar line will give us one, but we could have had both.
READ MORE | 36 COMMENTSA chance for fresh insights and less predictability in our car-bike-bus-train fights.
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Tax-increment financing, which is permitted in 48 other states, would be a powerful tool for encouraging more projects and amenities around light rail stations. Here's the case for its many benefits, and a look at progress and debate to date.
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Struggling on the Mukilteo run, zooming along outside Copenhagen. And not missing the bus.
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Who uses Seattle's neighborhood main streets, how do they get there, what do they find, and what do they miss there? The city gets some hard answers, from Admiral, Othello, Columbia City, Ballard, and Fremont.
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Historically, Seattle has deferred to the residents most directly affected by decisions such as development around rail stations. This is starting to change, enlarging the table for democratic debate.
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As a new round begins, over a Sound Transit parking garage, there are lessons to be learned from the successes at Northgate in recent years and from transit-oriented development along California's BART lines.
READ MORE | 23 COMMENTSAlso, the ageless Jamie Moyer goes for a new record, and score one for the railheads who ask tough questions about transit costs.
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Democrat Mark Miloscia says it is all about helping the agency perform to public expectations, not retaliation for failure to reach Federal Way.
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Updated: The 'Tateuchi Truce' over the Sound Transit wars on the Eastside made clear what a catalyst for an urbanized Eastside this long-aborning cultural center has become.
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There are some encouraging signs, but tolls can't work as well as possible without more flexibility and wider adoption. And cross-lake efficiencies also require much more flexibility in transit than reliance on light rail.
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The bus line is losing its home on the north edge of downtown. Is a move to Pioneer Square's King Street Station the best choice, and perhaps the only way to keep the intercity service in Seattle?
READ MORE | 36 COMMENTSSound Transit and the city boldly go where the monorail tried to go 14 years ago.
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With mudslide season approaching, officials are looking at what could be done to minimize disruptions. Does BNSF really have to halt passenger service for days after a slide?
READ MORE | 12 COMMENTSThe latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.
A study issued by Puget Sound Sage posits that the neighborhood's improved transportation access has increased property values, driving low-income residents out of the city's most diverse area.