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An occasional podcast from the Seattle Transit Blog writers covering many of the same transit and land use issues we discuss on the blog.
- Podcast #101: My Betrayal of All That is Good
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)
4 November 2021, 12:50 pm - Podcast #100: Thinking Bigger
Author and journalist Matthew Yglesias joins us to discuss his book, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger.
14 January 2021, 4:16 pm - Podcast #99: Intensely disappointing
- 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)
24 September 2020, 3:25 pm - Podcast #98: Donut hole
- 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)
11 August 2020, 4:22 pm - Podcast #97: Cancelling raises
- Seattle TBD renewal
- Metro drivers (17:35)
- Maximizing ridership (22:57)
- HALA (35:50)
- Gig car share (50:40)
22 July 2020, 4:08 pm - Podcast #96: 40mph trains
- 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)
2 July 2020, 4:32 pm - Podcast #95: talking myself into this
- 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)
10 June 2020, 3:26 pm - Podcast #94: Sub-regional backbiting
- Sounder North
- Tacoma BRT (13:40)
- No really, Tacoma BRT (31:30)
- Uber + Lime quasi-merger (43:25)
- Huzzah for safe streets (57:15)
18 May 2020, 4:01 pm - Podcast #93: Essential trips only
- 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)
(Apologies for the audio quality on this one. We had an unexpected gear change before recording.)
6 May 2020, 3:36 pm - Podcast #92: Take the Link to Capitol Hill
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