Podcast – Seattle Transit Blog

Podcast – Seattle Transit Blog


Latest Episodes

Podcast #91: Now more than ever
March 31, 2020

Special guest Alex Hudson, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition Federal funding & Covid-19 response County ballot measure is…dead? (13:23) Legislative update (21:19) Fare enforcement (26:57) Eastside restructure (33:02) West Se

Podcast #90: Car sharing is back
March 03, 2020

Metro’s long range plan and the countywide ballot RapidRide R (17:41) Monorail expansion (28:15) Car sharing (31:30)

Podcast #89: Stay on Sound Transit
February 15, 2020

More Connect 2020 gripes University St naming (5:33) Fare enforcement (8:55) MVET bill (29:20) SDOT capital projects (34:50) North link restructure (46:58) Note: when we recorded this last week, I-976 had just been upheld by a local court; the upper court

Podcast #88: It’s always Festivus
January 18, 2020

Connect 2020 airing of the grievances 130th St infill station (18:20) Protected bus lanes (32:23) Low-income fares (35:27) Bike and scooter share (50:19) Download link

Podcast #87: prior positions not confirmed
December 20, 2019

Why is ridership growth slowing? Route 44 I-976 on hold (new results maps) Ride2 cancelled Which avenue is your bus? Download link

Podcast #86: Thanksgiving Mailbag
November 27, 2019

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Podcast #85: I-976 is bad
November 11, 2019

New city council I-976 impacts on Sound Transit and Metro (12:49) RapidRide K and a possible small victory in Eastgate (44:56) Sammamish (50:58) Download link

Podcast #84: Like a ripe avocado
October 15, 2019

Weekend link disruptions Second Montlake bridge? or not (6:41) 520 bus restructures (15:12) RapidRide J (25:05) King County’s new electrification initiative (38:05) Download link

Podcast #83: Proverbial teenagers can figure it out
September 24, 2019

Rideshare tax to fund the streetcar (3:12) University Street station naming (13:04) New West Seattle – Ballard alternatives (19:35) Sounder South (45:56)

Podcast #82: Trees are the right height
September 10, 2019

Lightning and transit ops Love for the NE Seattle restructure (2:29) Monorail and ORCA (9:41) Downtown Kirkland growth (13:22) Ridesharing redux (18:33) Wenatchee transit (32:44) Ill-timed fare enforcement (41:30) Download link