Bruce Nourish joins me to discuss a bunch of stuff.

• (0:00) Hot takes on the election; we basically agree on all issues and then vote in opposite ways. Warning: we go way off-topic beyond transit and land use, to where we probably know less than you do. So skip ahead if this will just irritate you.
• (32:15) On STB’s long hiatus this year
• (35:10) Transit advocacy and journalism in 2021 (Katie Wilson’s fares op-ed)
• (46:00) Martin and Bruce’s pet issues going forward (Martin’s misinterpreted legislative agenda piece)

Download link

Author and journalist Matthew Yglesias joins us to discuss his book, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger.

• North Seattle Metro / Link restructures
• Lamenting Link frequency (10:54)
• Collapse is a choice (18:28)
• Reconnect West Seattle (25:29)
  Bellevue I-405 (39:26)
• Mt. Rainier bus ideas (44:37)

Download link

• Seattle TBD goes to the ballot
• County TBD?(18:35)
• West Seattle options (20:46)
• Bremerton BRT (31:26)
• 130th & 145th St station plans (40:07)

Download link

• Seattle TBD renewal
• Metro drivers (17:35)
• Maximizing ridership (22:57)
• HALA (35:50)
• Gig car share (50:40)

Download

• East-west passenger rail
• Center city connector on pause (11:44)
• Jump bikes (15:16)
• Opening streets (24:46)
• Community Transit and Everett Transit (31:50)
• Metro cuts (37:35)

Download link

• Swift’s Link connection
• Recovery fare (14:21)
• CDC’s questionable transit advice (21:55)
• ST’s revenue shortfall (27:12)
• Passenger ferries (34:08)
• Tacoma Dome Link (35:49)

Download link

• Sounder North
• Tacoma BRT (13:40)
• No really, Tacoma BRT (31:30)
• Uber + Lime quasi-merger (43:25)
• Huzzah for safe streets (57:15)

Download link

• Parking garages and opportunity cost
• ST3 cuts (17:00)
• Future metro ridership (25:56)
• West Seattle bridge (34:19)
• Musings on a work-from-home future (42:07)

Download link

(Apologies for the audio quality on this one. We had an unexpected gear change before recording.)

We take questions from the reader mailbag.

Download link

Special guest Alex Hudson, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition

• Federal funding & Covid-19 response
• County ballot measure is…dead? (13:23)
• Legislative update (21:19)
• Fare enforcement (26:57)
• Eastside restructure (33:02)
• West Seattle bridge (38:34)

Download