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Extra, Extra: Boeing 787 Gets Green Light From FAA

Extra, Extra: Boeing 787 Gets Green Light From FAA

At long last, the Boeing 787 has been cleared for commercial flights. Meanwhile, the PDC gets a new director and the Sounders get a new teammate. Oh, and some people argue about bike lanes. more ›

Tweeter of the Week: @Seatransitblog

Tweeter of the Week: @Seatransitblog

We take our transit pretty seriously in these parts. But no one takes it as seriously as this week's Tweeter, who will keep you in the know, and out of the rain. more ›

"Don't Let Those Light Rail Hoboes Near Bell Square!"

Damon Agnos at the Weekly reports on the the coalition suing to prevent I-90 light rail from happening, a weird last-ditch attempt to keep Seattle from driving its train deep into the Eastside, again and oh god again, via tunnel. The suit--claiming light rail can't use I-90 because that would besmirch its use by upstanding automobile drivers--is ridiculous, as are most of Kemper Freeman's suits. Personally, we can't wait to pull on our flip-flops and stained wife-beater, hit the light rail, and terrorize the hell out of Bell Square while drinking our Volvic out of a brown paper bag. more ›

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Start Camping Out Now for Light Rail Launch

Start Camping Out Now for Light Rail Launch

Last night we dropped in at the Seattle Transit Blog meet-up, and ran into Sound Transiteers Andrew and Rebecca, who were filling us in on their crowd control preparations for the July 18 opening of the Westlake-Tukwila light rail line. more ›

Can't Miss It: Wednesday

Can't Miss It: Wednesday

IN FULL GIAMATTIVISION: Cold Souls is the too-grimly titled existential comedy starring Paul Giamatti as Paul Giamatti. While rehearsing Uncle Vanya, Giamatti begins to lose himself in his character's depression, and looking for a temporary fix, stumbles across the new process of "soul extraction," as detailed in the New Yorker. While the movie is deadpan, Giamatti is not. His off-kilter spiral into soullessness is by turns hilarious and touching. more ›

It Takes a Light Rail of $2.3 Billion to Hold Us Back

Yesterday Sound Transit invited "news media" to take a preview of the 14-mile light rail trip to Tukwila and back--the last segment to the airport won't open until next January. We weren't invited, so we're poaching the Seattle Times video of the big moment. more ›

Neighborhood News And Local Blog Round-Up

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Neighborhood News And Local Blog Round-Up

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Neighborhood News And Local Blog Round-Up

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Neighborhood News And Local Blog Round-Up

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Economy, Accountability on Safari to Stay

We try to resist loading up on bad news first thing Monday morning, but let's just do this quickly and get it out of the way: Publicola records Sen. Maria Cantwell's fight to insert some accountability into the bailout of AIG and others (she was overruled, and now AIG is claiming it has to pay $165 million in bonuses with bailout money because it promised! Out of curiosity, who writes a bonus agreement that puts a company on the hook even with catastrophic losses?) And Schmudget tells us Washington unemployment is forecasted to top out at 10 percent next year. On the plus side, all those unemployed people won't have to negotiate the kind of new, transfer-ier bus system proposed by Seattle Transit Blog. So that's a tiny little win. more ›

RTAGate: Bygones, Says Seattle Transit Blog <strike>Agrees, Tax Error Growing</strike>

RTAGate: Bygones, Says Seattle Transit Blog Agrees, Tax Error Growing

[ED. NOTE: Seattle Transit Blog strongly disagrees with Brad's characterization of their conclusions. They did some back-of-the-envelope figuring based on Brad's premise, with the intent of downsizing his initial estimate of the possible tax error. They are not interested, apparently, in the looking into the situation further: "But a figure in the low tens of millions of dollars is serious money, enough to do a freeway ramp or other practical project. I’d rather use that money to build a project they participated in the vote for than attempt to reconstruct 12 years of purchase records."] more ›

Neighborhood News and Local Blog Roundup

Neighborhood News and Local Blog Roundup

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More SLUTs for City Streets

More SLUTs for City Streets

The study, as approved by the committee, would estimate construction costs per mile and yearly operation and maintenance costs for the six lines. Among other issues, it would identify detailed street corridors, issues with construction and utility location, how the lines would fit into Metro's bus routes, estimate the number of riders and provide ways to finance the lines, which are costlier than buses. more ›

Changes Ahead for Bus Riders

Changes Ahead for Bus Riders

Riding the bus to work the other day, our heart skipped a beat when we noticed signs taped to the window heralding the arrival of new spring schedules (they're blue!). Once we'd calmed down, we realized how silly it is to get excited over the prospect of a slight change to our bus schedule. It was the kind of self-deprecating experience we figured would make a good lede for a post informing you, gentle reader, of the coming changes. more ›

Feds Will Pay For 3 Minute Travel Times Between the University District and Capitol Hill

Feds Will Pay For 3 Minute Travel Times Between the University District and Capitol Hill

According to the Seattle Transit Blog, the University link of our not-sure-we-wanted-it-but-now-we-got-it--might-as-well-expand-it light rail system is getting the Federal funding it was looking for. It's headed to the President's desk with Seattle receiving the highest possible recommendation for funding from the Federal Transit Administration arm of the U.S. DOT. Screw you, Prop 1! Love you Patty Murray! more ›

SLU Trolley Testing to Begin

SLU Trolley Testing to Begin

The South Lake Union Streetcar will begin an eight-week test period soon, according to the Seattle Transit Blog. more ›

What Are We Voting for Anyway?

What Are We Voting for Anyway?

It’s been hard for us to admit this, greenie that we are, but a vote for Prop. 1 is in order, at least from this Seattlest's perspective. more ›

Buses Will Remain Priority on 3rd Ave After Tunnel Opens

Buses Will Remain Priority on 3rd Ave After Tunnel Opens

The Seattle Transit Blog reported (and Seattlest echoed) the fact that 3rd Avenue Downtown is going to remain a transit-only corridor during rush hour way back in June, but since the press release just came out and it'll probably be in the papers tomorrow maybe we should revisit it. more ›

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