Solarbird :flag_cascadia:<p>HEY <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/SEATTLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEATTLE</span></a> </p><p>The old Bus Tunnel station rail lines need serious work and are gonna be semi-closed for like TEN DAYS IN APRIL, which sounds like a spy novel but is mostly just a pain in the ass:</p><p><a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/1-line-service-disruption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/</span><span class="invisible">1-line-service-disruption</span></a></p><p>April 14 to April 23, they'll be letting like two trains an hour go through between stations and that's it. Outside the work zone will be normal.</p><p>Put it in your calendars!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/LightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightRail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/downtown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downtown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/BusTunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusTunnel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/KingCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/blarg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blarg</span></a></p>
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14mission<p>The last of my <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> pix worth sharing.<br>I had one shot left to use up on the way out of town. Everyone was in a hurry to get to the airport, and I had one block walk between the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> express bus stop and the light-rail/subway station to find something, so I took a picture of a hotdog stand with cool buildings in the background. It came out better than plenty of pictures I spent time carefully planning and setting up! I should take more pictures with people in them.<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KodakBrownie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KodakBrownie</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/boxcamera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boxcamera</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/120film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>120film</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/filmisnotdead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmisnotdead</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/filmphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmphotography</span></a></p>
14mission<p>Some pix from one of the 13 rolls I dropped off at Foto Express in San Jose this week. Taken on a recent work trip to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a>. using a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KodakBrownie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KodakBrownie</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/boxcamera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boxcamera</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/120film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>120film</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/filmisnotdead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmisnotdead</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/filmphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a></p>
Eitan<p>The King County executive just got hired as CEO of Sound Transit with a salary of $450k in an opaque process. He sits on the board of Sound Transit. If you are angry at the cronyism and corruption in the Trump administration remember that this behavior is how it got normalized.</p><p><a href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/dow-constantine-nominated-to-be-next-sound-transit-ceo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kuow.org/stories/dow-constanti</span><span class="invisible">ne-nominated-to-be-next-sound-transit-ceo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soundtransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soundtransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kingcounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kingcounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Curruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Curruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Liam 🏳️🌈<p>Dow Constantine is the presumptive new Sound Transit CEO: <a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/statement-nomination-sound-transit-ceo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">soundtransit.org/get-to-know-u</span><span class="invisible">s/news-events/news-releases/statement-nomination-sound-transit-ceo</span></a></p><p>Even if it isn't technically a conflict of interest, it both seems borderline like one, and a missed opportunity to bring someone in who has experience running operations for a rail system.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/WAElex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAElex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/LinkLightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkLightRail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/PublicTransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransportation</span></a></p>
Binh ATL<p>A bill in the Washington State legislature could create a transit rider position on transit agency boards: <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1418&Year=2025&Initiative=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Bil</span><span class="invisible">lNumber=1418&Year=2025&Initiative=false</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/WAlegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAlegislature</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/KingCountyMetro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingCountyMetro</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/CommunityTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityTransit</span></a></p>
14mission<p>Back to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SeaTac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaTac</span></a> via <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> bus and Link LRT. And convinced 3 colleagues to join me.</p>
Field Replaceable Unit<p>Relating to my previous rant about Sound Transit's broken trip planner, here's a PSA for anyone from out of town, trying to get around Seattle: DON'T USE SOUND TRANSIT'S TRIP PLANNER. USE THE KING COUNTY METRO TRIP PLANNER, WHICH ACTUALLY WORKS.<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a></p>
Rachael Ludwick<p>Sigh, public engagement portals are often so bad. I was pointed at this one for <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> (about a segment in <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a>) -- <a href="https://www.crossingsafetyst.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">crossingsafetyst.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. The first page has a "Let's Go" button which I click. It loads this page. I couldn't figure out how to continue to where I give comment. Turns out there is a tiny right arrow at the bottom that I could click but I didn't notice it because it just seemed like visual noise. I had to turn on VoiceOver to "find" it. At least that worked?</p>
Ian Kluft 🖥️📡<p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a>'s <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> announced another short-notice Link Light Rail weekend shutdown. Again for construction to connect the 2-Line (Lake Washington bridge extension) with the existing 1-Line in downtown Seattle, this shutdown will be from 10pm Friday, January 17 through Sunday, January 19. <a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/link-disruption-20250117" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">soundtransit.org/get-to-know-u</span><span class="invisible">s/news-events/news-releases/link-disruption-20250117</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a></p>
Ian Kluft 🖥️📡<p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a>'s <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> announced Link Light Rail will shut down between Westlake and SODO stations in downtown, replaced by shuttle bus, from Friday January 10 at 10pm through the end of Sunday January 12. Construction to connect the 2-Line extension (Lake Washington bridge to Bellevue & Redmond) requires shutting down power on that segment to install new overhead power lines at the 1- & 2-Line junction. <a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/link-light-rail-service-will-be-temporarily-suspended-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">soundtransit.org/get-to-know-u</span><span class="invisible">s/news-events/news-releases/link-light-rail-service-will-be-temporarily-suspended-7</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a></p>
Daigoro Toyama<p><span>"Weekends don’t necessarily come with less ridership demand. Weekend ridership on the 1 Line has been outpacing weekday ridership in many cases over the past few months, as Link becomes an essential way to access entertainment and sporting events. Nonetheless, Sound Transit has continued its practice of scheduling its most disruptive maintenance work on weekends."<br><br>This is absurd. I pretty much only take the Light Rail on weekends, and that's when all the service disruptions occur. Sound Transt should at least do some of them on weekdays.<br><br></span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/LightRail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LightRail</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/SoundTransit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoundTransit</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/Seattle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seattle</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/02/biden-infrastructure-law-mostly-funded-road-expansion-leading-to-climate-backsliding/?feed_id=4933&_unique_id=6776f3f8b0340" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/02/biden-infrastructure-law-mostly-funded-road-expansion-leading-to-climate-backsliding/?feed_id=4933&_unique_id=6776f3f8b0340</a></p>
Rachael Ludwick<p>Of course when we were getting kiddo up there was a "resolved" text. I LIKE taking the train. But also security lines at airports are pretty variable and I like being early to flights to reduce stress. I didn't trust <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> to not continue having issues. So driving. At around 8:25 got another alert that trains running every 20-25 minutes. Odds are if I'd stuck with my plan I'd have been waiting stressed out on thr platform for a delayed train.</p>
Rachael Ludwick<p>Bad urbanist today: I have a work trip today which requires flying. I needed to arrive at the airport by 9:10 so I planned last night to be at the Beacon Hill <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> by 8:15 to hopefully catch a ~8:20 train. But when I woke up there were alerts saying trains were running every 30-35 minutes. It takes 20 minutes to drive & so asked my partner to take me because it seemed too much tisk. I can't drive but they can and we have a car. <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a></p>
Rachael Ludwick<p>Have you done the <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> rider survey? <a href="https://surveys.reconmr.com/S2/1/SoundTransitPXS/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surveys.reconmr.com/S2/1/Sound</span><span class="invisible">TransitPXS/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/PugetSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PugetSound</span></a></p>
Maho Pacheco 🦝🍻<p>The Remond Technology Center station is such a beauty.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Redmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redmond</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a></p>
Colin Bikes Seattle<p>Yesterday evening I rode the 550 bus from Seattle to Bellevue transit center and it was 100% full. Every seat taken and all standing room used - and this bus line runs ever 10 minutes in evening! </p><p>The light rail connection between the 1 line and the 2 line is going to be a huge success once its finally open </p><p><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a></p>
Lily Star<p>Days since Seattle light rail has had to share a track, causing delays: 0<br>I could pin this post and it would always be accurate. I could probably add "on the part of the track that runs through historically black and under served neighborhoods" because that seems to be where the delays always are. I cant qwhite understand why...<br>I would sure love to see ST ever meet their commitment to "trains every ten minutes" consistently. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightRail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinkLightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkLightRail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a></p>
garland<p>Given how often Link train service is disrupted, it’s maybe not great that a lot of bus service was redesigned to route everyone onto the train line instead of continuing downtown. </p><p>I was going to join my partner for dinner at a restaurant in Roosevelt after he gets off work, but canceled that plan due to train disruption. Sorry local business!</p><p><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/LinkLightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkLightRail</span></a></p>
garland<p>Message from my partner who took Link Light Rail to work this morning. The reliability of our region’s premier transit line is just not good enough. <br><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/SoundTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundTransit</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/LinkLightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkLightRail</span></a></p>
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