Seattle Transit Blog

New Post: Friday Roundtable: Wilson Transition Committee Recommendations seattletransitblog.com/2026/03/06/f...

New Post: Seattle Transit Measure: Renewal and a Course for More Frequent Transit seattletransitblog.com/2026/03/05/s...

New Post: Midweek Roundup: from farms to ferries seattletransitblog.com/2026/03/04/m...

New Post: Metro Operator Shortage to End Next Year seattletransitblog.com/2026/03/03/m...

New Post: Lynnwood Link Metro Bus Restructure Analysis seattletransitblog.com/2026/03/02/l...

Sunday Movie: The Hill of Hysteria & Cargo Bikes Two videos partly related to Friday’s “Pedestrianize the Ave” article. The biggest opposition to congestion pricing and pedestrianizing streets comes before they’re implemen…

New Post: Sunday Movie: The Hill of Hysteria & Cargo Bikes

New Post: Upcoming Link Maintenance: March 2026 seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/28/u...

New Post: Seattle Transit Measure: Performance Since Passed (2020 to Now) seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/26/s...

New Post: What Happened to the Very Frequent Transit Network? seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/25/w...

Midweek Roundup: bill comes due New post on Page 2: Renton’s Transit Center Moves Toward I-405. If you’re a reader and interested in lending your perspective on transit and land use in the region, contact us. WSDOT has take…

New Post: Midweek Roundup: bill comes due

New Post: Current and proposed overnight service along the Link 1 Line seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/24/c...

Tap to Pay Starts Open payments or “Tap to Pay” started today. Several transit agencies’ bus and rail readers including Sound Transit and Metro now accept not only ORCA cards but also credit cards …

New Post: Tap to Pay Starts

New Post: Lynnwood Infill Stations: Pinehurst and potentially 220th St SW seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/22/l...

Sunday Movie: North America’s Elevator Problem About Here and Sightline Institute partnered to produce a video discussing how elevators in the US and Canada cost nearly three times as much to build and maintain compared to peer cities which mak…

New Post: Sunday Movie: North America’s Elevator Problem

New Post: Crosslake Simulated Service Suspended Indefinitely seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/21/c...

What is the Seattle Transit Measure?
Why should you care?
How can we get more bus service?

All your questions answered and more in part 1 of my 3 part series for the STB!

New Post: Renton’s Transit Center Moves Toward I-405 seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/20/r...

New Post: Friday Roundtable: ORCA Tap to Pay Begins on Monday seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/20/f...

New Post: Seattle Transit Measure: History as the STBD (2014 to 2020) seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/19/s...

Midweek Roundup: 200,000 riders Headlines: Vehicle Barrier Plan for Pike Place Market Comes Into View (The Urbanist) Issaquah Pitches Case for Keeping Its Light Rail Line on Track (The Urbanist) Light rail carried over 200K rider…

New Post: Midweek Roundup: 200,000 riders

New Post: Sound Transit 2 Travel Times and Recap seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/17/s...

New Post: Learn from Mexico City: Multi-modal network seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/16/l...

Sunday Movie: Amtrak’s new trains Amtrak recently held an exclusive “first look ceremony” at their new Airo trainsets coming to certain routes nationwide over the next few years. Today’s videos review the new trai…

New Post: Sunday Movie: Amtrak’s new trains

New Post: 2 Line Simulated Service Begins seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/14/2...

New Post: Friday Roundtable: Community Transit’s History seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/13/f...

New Post: Ridership Patterns for King County Metro Route 60 seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/12/r...

Midweek Roundup: Seahawks Victory Parade Massive gridlock and transit reroutes today as the Seahawks celebrate their second Super Bowl win; here’s how to take transit to the victory parade. If you’re local and want to go, stro…

New Post: Midweek Roundup: Seahawks Victory Parade

New Post: Full 2 Line Simulated Service Begins Saturday seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/10/f...

New Post: Route 60 Improvements seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/10/_...

New Post: Take transit to the Seahawks’ victory parade seattletransitblog.com/2026/02/09/t...