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"You need some sort of rapid transport system in the city."
So say convention visitors. Boy do we!

What is BRT like again?
Joyce Eleanor, who is CEO of Community Transit, had an opinion piece about CT's Swift bus-rapid-transit (BRT) system in today's Times. It's a pretty cool piece in that it talks about how much federal money is being kicked-in, ...

Could the Vancouver Transit Model Work Here?
Crosscut lead me to this Vancouver Sun article about Public-Private-Partnerships paying for transit. Here's the idea from the Sun piece:. It works something like this. A public-transit rail route, whether SkyTrain or light rail, ...

Metro Wants Feedback on Eastside BRT
Here's the article in the Bellevue Reporter. Metro wants to put expanded service between Bellevue and Redmond for commuters with 10 minute headways, three-door buses, and few stops. Should be cool, there are four dates for the meetings: ...

WSTB on Ferries
In case you're interested, Brian over at the Washington State Transportation Blog has been staying on top of the ferry situation much better than I ever could. If you care about ferries, definitely check it out.

Streetcar Network
Yesterday, there was pretty interesting piece in the Daily Journal of Commerce (behind paywall) about the city's streetcar plans, and Tuesday's Transportation Committee meeting:. The preliminary plan shows a line running from Ballard ...

520 getting tolls, never getting light rail
Today at Bellevue City Hall, the Governor did a press conference with Sims and others about proposed tolls on 520. The short of it: we're getting them, and the state should kick in half, about $2 billion, for the replacement. ...

State Auditor Gives High Praise to Sound Transit
Expanding on a point from Martin's post yesterday, the state auditor had a lot of nice things to say about Sound Transit. Here's the press release. Check out the video of the auditor's presentation, especially around 7:38 and 12:45. ...

Sierra Club's Exit Poll is Bogus, Roads are being built anyway
At Slog, Erica "Party Crasher" Barnett, who showed up to the Yes party just as things got ugly (not meant as a comment on her looks), points to some Sierra Club rubbish that "proves" that Pro-Rail lefties somehow swung the vote. ...

Friday Transit Round Up
Gregoire promises to remove the viaduct whether Seattle likes it or not:. With or without Seattle's approval, the state will tear down the earthquake-damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct in 2012, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday. ...

Buses over Streetcars
Erica Barnett points out that the FTA seems to be implementing rules that push for buses over streetcars because the "densification" element would be removed from the cost-effectiveness criteria. This would likely remove some of the ...

Daimajin slash and burn electric dragon gaijin tonic
http://gaijintonic.com/2007/11/12/more-mad-japanese-dvds/. Electric Dragon 80000V. http://slashandburn.typepad.com/slash_and_burn/2006/10/index.html. Daimajin http://slashandburn.typepad.com/slash_and_burn/2006/09/daimajin_trilog.html.

Sunshine Week 2008: People, Get Ready...
For Immediate Release: Nov. 29, 2007 Contact: Debra Gersh Hernandez Sunshine Week Coordinator dghernandez@asne.org; 703-807-2100 Sunshine Week 2008 Hits the Campaign Trail: Candidates from President to Mayor to be Quizzed on Access ...

Wrath of Daimajin (Daimajin ikaru) [Japan] [1966/DVDRIP/DiVX ...
Ostensibly a sequel to "Daimajin," this is really not so much a sequel as a parallel story. One gets the impression that numerous villages in medieval Japan had shrines containing this giant stone statue. Unlike "Daimajin," which often ...

This Governence Reform is a Terrible Idea
I want to add to the great post Frank at OR wrote in response to Ted Van Dyk's latest Crosscut piece calling for a transportation "mega-agency" with a directly elected board that would have control over both transit planning and roads ...