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Curtis Ailes @curtailes.bsky.social · 3h

Curtis Ailes @curtailes.bsky.social · 4h

There will be an adjustment period for sure. But tell me this doesn’t look fantastic to transit riders?

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Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 6h

Sound Transit says it will run special Sounder service Wednesday and Thursday for ALCS Games 3 and 4 at T-Mobile Park, departing Lakewood at 2:11 p.m. and Everett at 2:45 p.m., and leaving 45 minutes after the game ends. Regularly scheduled 4:55 trains to Lakewood and 5:15 to Everett are canceled.

Sounder special service will operate to Mariners American League Championship Series games against the Toronto Blue Jays | Sound Transit

October 14, 2025 | Seattle sports fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this week’s Wednesday and Thursday Mariners pla

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4h

Sometimes I remember there are folks who don't like Seattle's central library. It is a little hard for me to wrap my head around.

View of teen area at the library from floor five

Living room stacks with windows behind flooded with light

Internal shaft of the building with light filtering through

View of the teen area from the living room closer to fifth avenue

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 11h

Trolleybuses pull power directly into efficient, hill-climbing engines without need for massive, pavement-crushing batteries. Next gen trolleys with in-motion charging offer significant off-wire travel, allowing incremental wire extension. SF and Seattle partnering:
www.sfmta.com/media/43118/...

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Curtis Ailes @curtailes.bsky.social · 20h

Nothing like a hollow rallying cry to rally up the uninformed.

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Curtis Ailes @curtailes.bsky.social · 20h

It’s won EW two years in a row. Something else must go!

😉😉

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

The good news: Metro still plans to restore the Route 2 and 12 as trolleybus routes, and electrify the Route 48.

The bad news: that's not planned until late 2026, 2029, and 2032 (!) respectively.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/13/m...

Metro Plans Trolleybus Investments, with Long Implementation Timelines » The Urbanist

# After pivoting away from an aggressive schedule for battery-bus adoption, King County Metro plans to focus attention on the tried-and-true trolley network. But limited staff, delays obtaining materi...

www.theurbanist.org

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 2d

Upcoming rail openings in the US 🎉🚈🚆

@hnldts.bsky.social Skyline (Aloha Stadium to Kalihi TC) - Oct. 16

@kcstreetcar.org (Union Station to UMKC) - Oct. 24

DART Silver Line (DFW Airport to Shiloh Rd.) - Oct. 25

@sound-transit.bsky.social 1 Line (Angle Lake to Federal Way Downtown) - Dec. 6

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Curtis Ailes @curtailes.bsky.social · 2d

Right turn restriction from NB Westlake onto EB Denny is live!

Thanks @seattledot.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great explainer of Calif SB 79, @scottwiener.bsky.social's landmark bill to legalize housing around transit

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 2d

By popular demand, @aceckhouse.bsky.social and I have put together a deep-in-the-weeds explainer on SB 79. Enjoy!
substack.com/home/post/p-...

Everything You Need To Know About SB 79

…but were too afraid to read about in the actual bill.

substack.com

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Seattle Person @seattleperson.bsky.social · 2d

The horrible/slow right turn from Westlake Ave to Denny Way is no more!