Sound Transit needs your input! April 26, 2008
Last fall I was saddened to learn that the greater Puget Sound region voted down the mass transit package that had been put forward for the Pierce, King and Snohomish County areas. While that put a bump in the highway, so to speak, for the transit people it didn’t stop them from moving forward [...]
Adventures In Articulated Transportation December 10, 2007
[Editor's note: Today, I'm excited to introduce Mike Schwagler as the newest contributor to Rain City Guide. Mike currently wears two hats in that he is an agent for John L. Scott in Redmond and also the founder of Write For Sales Copywriting. I've had an email dialog with Mike for a while now and [...]
One day every pothole will get its moment in the limelight September 27, 2007
I think the running joke about blogs a couple of years ago was that belly button lint blogging was why most blogs would forever remain niche-y and unread. Today much of the “fantastical” thinking about locally-focussed blogs is that citizen journalists will report on everything (everything!) happening in their neighborhoods. When they look up from [...]
Transit on my mind… August 14, 2007
So, we’ve all been inundated by WSDOT telling us to stay off the highways during the shut down on I-5 and today’s Seattle Times shows that they’ve done such a good job of convincing us about it that traffic has been better than the past 15 year’s time (my personal opinion on that timeline) because [...]
Neighborhood Roundup: Seattle Uncovers a Funny Bone April 1, 2007
Due to the success of last week’s neighborhood roundup, I thought I’d make another attempt…
After a confusing vote on the Viaduct replacement, the Need to Know Seattle Condos blog lets us know about the grassroots movement to replace the viaduct with condos… This type of mixed-use development is sure to please [...]
Move Along… December 27, 2006
Thanks to both Ardell and Joel, I’ve been tapped to list five things you may not know about me… Not sure where to start, I decided to focus today’s theme on some fun jobs (but I won’t go so far as to take you back to the days of selling fruit on the [...]
Google transit now in 5 cities September 28, 2006
Google transit is now in 5 cities. It’s a great setup, similar to New York’s hopstop.com. Here is the trip from downtown Seattle to the airport.
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Interesting Insurance Program from King County Metro February 7, 2006
I just received a newsletter from Todd Litman of the Victoria Transportation Policy Institute that describes an innovative project that is being tested by King County Metro.
King County Metro, the Washington State Department of Transportation and other partners has $2,2 million to develop a Pay As You Drive (PAYD) Insurance Pilot project for Washington [...]
