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- News Roundup: Phased Out May 22, 2013What’s wrong with TOD at Othello Station? The continuing saga of the Waterfront Streetcar. Kemper Freeman expanding ($) his downtown Bellevue empire. Inslee approves the transportation budget ($) for the 2013-2015 biennium. Meanwhile, HB 1954 supporters rally. Link station planning meetings tonight in Shoreline. Kitsap Transit wants input on a new six-year p […]Sherwin Lee
- Northgate Open House This Thursday (May 23rd) May 21, 2013The Northgate Station: Design and Access open house will be held at Olympic View Elementary School, 504 NE 95th Street from 6pm to 8pm May the 23rd. The presentation will begin at 6:30pm. Sound Transit staff will discuss: Refinements to station and plaza design. Preliminary results of Northgate Station Access Study (pedestrian and bike improvements). King C […]Matthew Johnson
- The Theater of Last Tuesday’s Public Hearing May 21, 2013Anyone who attended last Tuesday’s public hearing witnessed hundreds rallying to save Metro from imminent, draconian cuts. It reminded me of a similar hearing two years ago, when a few swing votes on the King County Council were persuaded to approve the $20 Congestion Relief Charge, staving off the cuts that we again have to [...]Sherwin Lee
- Link Excuse of the Week: SDOT’s Route 7 Improvements and Columbia City Farmers Market May 20, 2013To highlight their Rainier Corridor work SDOT is conducting a Ride Route 7 promotion. They’ve put together a website, a facebook page, sent postcards to residents, and will be hosting outreach events in the Rainier Valley this summer: Columbia City Farmers Market (3698 S Edmunds St) Wednesday, May 22, 3 – 7pm Wednesday, June 5, 3 – 7pm Saar’s Marketplace (9 […]Matthew Johnson
- ORCA Sales Outlets Quadruple May 20, 2013It just got four times easier to buy a new adult ORCA Card: More than 120 retail stores, including local QFC, Safeway and Saar’s locations, just joined the 40 transit agency venues that sell ORCA cards… There are currently 126 retail locations throughout King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties that participate in the ORCA program. [...]Martin H. Duke
- Sunday Open Thread: Transit Patterns, San Francisco May 19, 2013Transit Patterns: San Francisco from Schema Design on Vimeo. Zurich and Geneva here.Martin H. Duke
- Three Years of Central Link Station Data May 18, 2013Bruce Gray at Sound Transit was kind enough to send us the newest station level data report for Link. These reports are a treasure trove of information, too much in fact for one post. Some things I found interesting: During the week the Rainier Valley (Beacon Hill Station to Rainier Beach Station) accounts for 28% of all boardings and [...]Matthew Johnson
- Google Maps Introduces New, Smarter Transit Routing May 17, 2013Lots of interesting things have been announced at Google I/O this week, including a major update to Google Maps, a Google product that’s familiar to almost everyone, and used by many on a daily basis. Most of the news coverage has revolved around visual, social or privacy aspects of the Maps experience, but I want [...]Bruce Nourish
- Introducing Busdrone May 17, 2013In the years since OneBusAway took over the realtime arrival market, Busview, the old UW website that provides recent bus locations rather than expected arrival times, has been quietly doing its job, largely forgotten. That may change thanks to Andrew Filer,* a local programmer who (among other things) runs a site that indexes trademarks . [...]Martin H. Duke
- News Roundup: Reviews May 16, 2013Update on the Capitol Hill Station upzone. Lofts in West Seattle go through design review. Aside from the usual parking fear the comments seem constructive. WSB had a 48-minute interview with Metro GM Kevin Desmond. Seattle Weekly reviews bus apps. Brier Dudley reviews Car2Go ($). More evidence that supply and demand works. Doug Macdonald explains [...]Martin H. Duke
- Link Excuse of the Week: Franklin High Arts Festival and My Favorite Building in Seattle May 15, 2013This week Franklin High School, across the street from Mount Baker Station, is holding its annual Arts Festival and Talent Show. Festivities begin with an art opening at 5:30 pm, Thursday, May 16, at Mioposto, 3601 S. McClellan St, a one half mile walk from station. Walk north on Rainier until McClellan, then east. Mioposto is located in my [...]Matthew Johnson
- Coalition Pushing for the House Transportation Bill May 15, 2013As the video indicates, a broad coalition of interest groups, many of which broadly share STB’s ideals, are expressing support for the latest version of the Clibborn package, HB 1954. The conventional wisdom is that these bills will pass the House but run into trouble in the Senate. For transit advocates, this bill is about [...]Martin H. Duke
- RapidRide E and Two-Zone Fares May 14, 2013Of the six RapidRide routes Metro has rolled out, or soon will roll out, only one will have more than one adult fare: RapidRide E, an improved version of today’s Route 358, which connects downtown Seattle and Shoreline via Aurora Avenue. Metro’s fare system has two zones, with Zone 1 the city of Seattle, and [...]Bruce Nourish
- Open House and Public Comment on Potential Metro Cuts May 14, 2013A Martin mentioned last week, at 3:30 PM today King County Metro will host an open house on the extensive service cuts that could come if the legislature fails to provide a sustainable local revenue source for the agency; this will be followed by a public testimony to King County’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee [...]Bruce Nourish
- Upcoming East Link Final Design Open Houses May 13, 2013Now that Sound Transit has cleared the hurdle of finalizing the entire East Link alignment, the next step is chugging through final design of the project. There will be an open house for the downtown Bellevue segment this Thursday, May 16th from 5 to 7pm at Bellevue City Hall, and another for South Bellevue on [...]Sherwin Lee
- Ed Murray on Transportation May 13, 2013After a series of comments that challenged the STB consensus on various Sound Transit-related issues, I asked Sen. Murray to explain his positions in more detail. In the email exchange reproduced below, Sen. Murray says he doesn’t support governance reform anymore, expresses his support for ST3, and explains why he thinks Seattle would do better [...]Martin H. Duke
- Sunday Open Thread: No Traffic Lights May 12, 2013More on this English experiment here.Martin H. Duke
- Transfers and Grids May 11, 2013In the comments to my last post on transfers, a few people referenced Jarrett Walker’s excellent post on Seattle’s prospects for carbon neutrality, which discusses Seattle’s geographic “chokepoints” such as lakes and cliffs. Some commenters argued that these chokepoints make a gridded bus network impossible, but I don’t think that’s right. Walker’s point i […]Frank Chiachiere
- February 2013 ST Ridership Report and March Link Numbers May 10, 2013A few weeks back ST released their corrected February 2013 ridership report (an Excel error threw off Sounder numbers in the earlier version) and once again the system had healthy year-on-year gains for most services. February’s Central Link Weekday/Saturday/Sunday boardings were 25,370/18,015/12,934, increases of 14.4%, 21.0%, and 12.2% respectively over Fe […]Matthew Johnson
- Councilmember Burgess Delays Transit Infastructure Projects…. Again May 9, 2013For those who couldn’t attend last Wednesday’s Government Performance and Finance Committee meeting, you didn’t miss much. Some time between printing the official agenda and starting the meeting Councilmember Burgess pushed back the Ship Canal Crossing Study and University District to SLU Study to the May 15th meeting. In an earlier post we mentioned some [. […]Matthew Johnson
- News Roundup: Phased Out May 22, 2013
- EYE ON METRO COMMUTE!
- While Metro is working to restore its Customer Service phone line, visit Metro Online for transit information & trip plans May 23, 2013In the course of a phone system upgrade, Metro has encountered unexpected technical problems that are affecting its Customer Information phone line. While every effort is being made to restore the service, Metro customers may encounter service interruptions, busy signals … Continue reading →mgorow
- Metro’s Thursday AM Commute is continuing; plus events & construction activities that may impact transit service May 23, 2013Metro’s Thursday’s morning commute is continuing with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Metro’s Customer Information phone line In the course of a phone system upgrade, Metro has encountered unexpected technical problems … Continue reading →mgorow
- Metro’s Thursday AM Commute has begun; plus events & construction activities that may impact transit service May 23, 2013Metro’s Thursday’s morning commute is underway with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Metro’s Customer Information phone line In the course of a phone system upgrade, Metro has encountered unexpected technical problems … Continue reading →mgorow
- Metro’s Wednesday PM Commute has ended; plus events & construction activities that may impact Transit service May 23, 2013Metro’s Wednesday evening commute has ended with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Metro’s Customer Information phone line In the course of a phone system upgrade, Metro has encountered unexpected technical … Continue reading →thangas
- Metro’s Wednesday PM Commute continues; plus events & construction activities that may impact Transit service May 23, 2013Metro’s Wednesday evening commute continues with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Metro’s Customer Information phone line In the course of a phone system upgrade, Metro has encountered unexpected technical problems … Continue reading →thangas
- Metro’s Customer Svc phone line is having tech problems; if you can’t get through while we’re working to restore it, visit Metro Online May 23, 2013In the course of a phone system upgrade, Metro has encountered unexpected technical problems that are affecting its Customer Information phone line. While every effort is being made to restore the service, Metro customers may encounter service interruptions, busy signals … Continue reading →thangas
- Metro’s Wednesday PM Commute is progressing; plus events & construction activities that may impact Transit service May 22, 2013Metro’s Wednesday evening commute is continuing with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Please note the information below advising about construction activities or other events that may affect Transit operation in … Continue reading →thangas
- Metro’s Wednesday PM Commute is continuing; plus events & construction activities that may impact Transit service May 22, 2013Metro’s Wednesday evening commute is progressing with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Please note the information below advising about construction activities or other events that may affect Transit operation in … Continue reading →thangas
- Metro’s Wednesday PM Commute has begun; plus events & construction activities that may impact Transit service May 22, 2013Metro’s Wednesday afternoon commute has begun with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Please note the information below advising about construction activities or other events that may affect Transit operation in … Continue reading →thangas
- Metro’s Wednesday AM commute has ended, plus upcoming events that may impact service May 22, 2013Metro’s Wednesday morning commute is winding down with no significant delays or disruptions in transit service to report. Sign up for Transit Alerts. Please note the information below advising about construction activities or other events that may affect Transit operation … Continue reading →dlynnjohnson
- While Metro is working to restore its Customer Service phone line, visit Metro Online for transit information & trip plans May 23, 2013
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- Arbor Pointe (formerly Chateau In The Trees), Tacoma, WA5/21/2013 - Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
- Arbor Terrace Apartments, Port Orchard, WA5/21/2013 - Not Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
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- Arnada Pointe Apartments, Vancouver, WA5/16/2013 - Recommended - 5/16/2013 - Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
- Aspen Meadows Apartments Homes (formerly Park Wellington Apartments), Auburn, WA5/16/2013 - Not Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
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- Berkshires on Elliott (formerly Elliott Bay Plaza), Seattle, WA5/21/2013 - Recommended - The free WiFi in the...... [click to read all reviews]
- Brittany House, Bellevue, WA5/16/2013 - Recommended - 5/16/2013 - Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
- Campus Commons Apartments, Pullman, WA5/21/2013 - Not Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
- Cedar Summit Estates, Spokane, WA5/21/2013 - Not Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
- Chambers Creek (formerly University Place), University Place, WA5/18/2013 - Recommended - Office and maintenance/repair...... [click to read all reviews]
- Clearwater Bay Apartments, Kennewick, WA5/23/2013 - Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
- Coronado Springs (formerly Mallard Lake Park), Seattle, WA5/17/2013 - Not Recommended - ... [click to read all reviews]
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