Everyone's favorite bus app is officially funded, The Port joins the list of groups opposed to I-1125, we have a new contender for the toughest cyclist ever, a man is shot in Tacoma after a confrontation with police, and coverage of last night's Occupy Seattle protests. more ›

We're taking a brief break from monitoring the ever-changing status of Occupy Seattle to fill you in on what was going on while you were protesting: more ›

Frequently, we're the bearers of bad news. Today is not that day. more ›

If OneBusAway leaves, Seattlest staffers (and the rest of the city) will be left in in desperate need of a bus hero. Who will save the day? Who will tell us where our bus is? Surely not King County Metro. more ›

At about 6:50 this morning, Metro's bus tracking service crashed, which meant that MyBus and OneBusAway were not delivering fresh data. Meteorologist Cliff Mass was having none of it, and made a call: "They promised that they are going to replace the servers of the bus track information system and this problem, which inconveniences hundreds or thousands of us unnecessarily, will be taken care of during the next month or so." Metro's press release sounds appropriately chastened: "Metro is already looking to next season by pursuing additional steps that can be taken to keep riders better informed of transit disruptions. Those actions include: redesigning elements of the Metro Online website; beefing up emergency event staffing plans for the Customer Information Office; adding additional staff to track and post bus reroute and service disruptions online; and exploring the use of emerging public communication tools to help disseminate information." Ooh, exploring! That's like when you get on a bus operating on an unpublished reroute! more ›

The news over the wire (i.e., Twitter) is that the commute has not been pretty this morning, though it's improving except for 405 southbound, which is red and black on the map. For those of you still wondering where your bus is, take a look at Metro Tracker and the adverse weather/reroutes page. Savvy bus users tell us they swear by One Bus Away. They even have a blog for you to read while you're waiting for your bus. The One Bus Away Twitter feed has the absolutely latest bus news. more ›