Metro’s Battery Bus Plan Hinges on Need to Grow Service and Revenue
In September, King County Metro filed a report on their battery bus implementation plan. Like the Kenmore water taxi report, this paper is the...
Metro Shelves Rainier RapidRide, and Some Route 7 Riders Like It That Way
Joe Mayes waited at the Route 7 bus stop on Rainier Avenue S and Mt. Baker Boulevard on New Year’s Day, casually greeting people...
Sunday Video: NYC’s Moynihan Train Hall Opens
https://youtu.be/VvZhTZxGQjY
Julian (JBtrainman) takes viewers on a short but comprehensive tour of the new Moynihan Train Hall expansion of New York City’s Penn Station, which...
Metro Pours Some Cold Water on a Kenmore-Seattle Water Taxi
Before the Puget Sound Regional Council shared their draft passenger only ferry study in December, King County Metro had submitted a report on implementation...
Sunday Video: Making The New York City Digital Subway Map
https://youtu.be/eQE7iGp5c3U
New York City now has a dynamic digital version of the subway map that blends the best of the classic Massimo Vignelli design with...
The Great Depression Christmas Eve When Pedestrians Were Branded a “Menace”
Christmas Eve 1939 in Washington, D.C. nestled within the back pages of the then Sunday Star, an illustration went to war on behalf of...
Gondolas Can’t Meet West Seattle’s Transit Needs, Light Rail Can
Seattle is amidst its most important transportation investment in 100 years. And—to no surprise—some neighbors have a problem with it. Seattle is well known...
Saving Salmon Will Require a Transportation Revolution
A new study shows a preservative in car tires is responsible for collapsing Coho salmon runs, adding new urgency to efforts to reduce the...