Podcast – Seattle Transit Blog

Podcast – Seattle Transit Blog


Latest Episodes

Podcast #71: Not Broke
December 25, 2018

New SDOT director. GGW’s take. (2:00) How would ending 405 tolls affect buses? (15:30) Minimum density (25:55) The boring company’s new tunnel (38:29) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_70.mp3

Podcast #70: Horizontally Integrated
December 06, 2018

Fare enforcement Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (1:10) ST3 Level 3 (STB, Seattle Subway) (17:51) JUMP Bike review (26:02) From the archives: Is bike share good business? Prospects for climate change legislation (31:33) Seattle TBD in review (35:08) Passenger rail

Podcast #69: Missing a Few Steps
November 16, 2018

Councilmember Rob Johnson retires IDS/Chinatown station (7:08) Why the rent is so high (22:33) Decongestion pricing (28:06) 1631/election fallout (38:57) Kirkland restructure (47:04) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_69.mp3

Podcast #68: Pokémon Will Save Us
October 26, 2018

Ballard station options Chinatown station options (15:05) Keeping the 3/4 on James (24:03) Eastgate microtransit (35:05) The promise and peril of ideathons (44:12) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_68.mp3

Podcast #67: Looking for a Sports Metaphor
October 02, 2018

Peter joins Frank to talk about Paris The Mayor’s budget (7:00) RapidRide (19:15) ST3 Level 2 (32:38) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_67.mp3

Podcast #66: Streetcar Mailbag
September 10, 2018

Answering your questions Elected boards (2:31) Earthquakes (9:20) Fare evasion (9:50) Streetcar alternatives (11:20) Light rail to Laurelhurst (19:00) East link frequency (22:00) Center platforms (24:20) Fare evasion and ORCA (28:20) Post-viaduct transit

Podcast #65: Post-apocalyptic soup
August 22, 2018

Smoke! (0:00) Bikeshare out, bikeshare in (8:04) Time for a fare cut? (17:14) Waterfront shuttle (31:26) Metro is Number 1 (38:00) L’affaire Showbox(46:00) Upzoning the ‘burbs (57:01) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_65

Podcast #64: Free on Weekends
August 02, 2018

Ofo packing in the towel (2:00) Mayor’s streetcar questions (16:24) Federal Way overruns (28:04) Reforming the fare evasion policy (36:05) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_64.mp3

Podcast #63: On an Optimistic Note
July 04, 2018

0:00 – intro 2:19 – CCC to Trolleybus 9:19 – ORCA 10:50 – Gondola 15:41 – Montlake transfers 22:48 – Northgate truncation? 27:04 – Strategies for advocacy 31:15 – Rainier BRT 32:25 – CCC’s future 33:39

Podcast #62: Iconic Parking Lots
June 22, 2018

Head tax (2:09) Transportation Benefit District (16:27) Move Seattle reset (32:33) Northgate TOD (44:43) http://traffic.libsyn.com/seattletransitblog/STB_podcast_062.mp3