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You may get good views of Mountlake Terrace from the ground or the parking garage or the walkway to the freeway station

Forest on the left, train guideway in the middle, and parking garage on the right, from sheltered walkway

A parking garage on the left and train guideways on the right going into a forest, from ground level

Cool spot between Marymoor and Downtown Redmond over a creek right next to the trains and right off the trail that goes to both stops, not a far walk from either, but prefer Marymoor. Note that construction is all wrapped up and everything is open now.

A train viaduct right next to a trail bridge over a creek

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Bridge at Overlake Village has a good view of the station. By the way they’re currently building new TOD at this station!

A view of a train station from an overpass just above

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This is an access point to the tunnel under Bellevue, and in a lot of the older station alternatives it would’ve been a second entrance.

Satellite imagery of Bellevue with the tunnel alignment in yellow and a yellow circle around the tunnel access point

A small building in a small field in a dense urban area

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There’s a bridge over I-90 between Chinatown and Judkins you can ride the 36 to and in theory get really nice footage there but I haven’t gone to this spot yet

3D Satellite view of a freeway interchange with a bridge over it, and a circle at a bus stop and an arrow to a photo spot on the bridge

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You can ride to the end of route 27 and it’s right under the I-90 portal where you can see trains spit out of the tunnel and onto the bridge and it’s really cool

3 bridges over a lake, the middle one has catenary

So what’s interesting about Wilburton is that while everyone talks about all the car dealerships if you go right under the station there’s a really cool spot with greenery and a creek and something you don’t normally notice from above is a direct path straight to the hospital

A creek and greenery directly below Wilburton Station, elevated guideways above for the trains

Sound Transit 2026 Rail Service Plan dropped. Two S Line trips extended to Lakewood. Schedule adjustments on both Sounder N & S Lines. Changes happen on March 28th. Information attached. www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul... #soundtransit #seattle #tacoma #everett #sounder #train #commuter #railroad

Screenshot of page 11 from the link attached in the post.

Screenshot of page 12 from the link attached in the post.

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This opposition is not unwarranted. Sound Transit travel time estimations show this change as the only proposal which would guarantee a longer trip time. View travel time estimates below. (09/10) www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul...

A spreadsheet showing the travel time changes before and after the proposals. Highlighted in yellow are the estimated travel times before and after the proposal for trips between Issaquah and Seattle. You will notice this is the only row with a guaranteed longer trip time.
The estimation shows anywhere from 7 minutes longer to 11 minutes longer, whereas other examples for other trips include from 22 minutes faster to 4 minutes slower between Lynnwood and Seattle, and from 20 minutes faster to 7 minutes faster between Tacoma and U District.
For more details, visit the link attached in the post.

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Moving on, survey results indicate 70% of 554/556 riders are opposed to the proposed changes for those routes. (08/10) The proposals: www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul... www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul... The feedback: www.soundtransit.org/st_sharepoin... www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul...

A map of the changes proposed for Routes 554 and 556. For more details, please visit the links attached in the post.

Summary of feedback given to the 554/556 proposal. Pie chart on the left shows overwhelming opposition to the change.
For more details, please visit the 4th link attached in the post and navigate to pages 22-25.

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For comparison here is the diagram we originally received. The version highlighting all 3 routes appears to have been cropped by Sound Transit to fit into the board presentation. As you can see the uncropped version (highlighting south line) includes 'Lakewood Towne Center'. (06/10)

This is the original diagram of the new overnight services with all 3 routes highlighted in dark blue. It appears to have been cropped at the bottom.

This is the uncropped version of the original overnight service proposal with only the south line highlighted in dark blue. As you can see it includes Lakewood Towne Center as the southern terminus.

We also now have a map (as opposed to a diagram) of the new overnight Link shuttle routings attached below. (05/10) www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul...

A zoomed in version of the new overnight Link shuttle routes map. For higher quality please see the link attached in the post.

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This is the information that came with the original Route 574 2026 proposal attached below. You will notice at the top it says "The implementation of this proposal is subject to operational capacity at our partner agencies and may be partially implemented or deferred." (04/10)

This is the information that came with the original Route 574 2026 proposal.
At the top it says "The implementation of this proposal is subject to operational capacity at our partner agencies and may be partially implemented or deferred."

The given reason for changing the 574 proposal is so Pierce Transit will have enough space at Lakewood Transit Center to increase Route 3 frequency to 15 minutes and maintain Route 4 frequency at 30 minutes. The original proposal is below. (03/10)

This is the map with the original 574 proposed change for 2026. The difference in this one is that it hits State Route 512 Park & Ride, Lakewood Station, AND Lakewood Transit Center.

quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 16/01/2026

It appears only 1 change to the proposal has been made. The original proposal changed Route 574's routing to SR512P&R, Lkwd Stn, Lkwd TC. In this update, the routing is SR512P&R, Lkwd Stn. Current routing is SR512P&R, Lkwd TC. Updated routing is below (02/10) www.soundtransit.org/sites/defaul...

This is the updated proposed Route 574 service change. There is a map showing the changes. To view this in higher quality, visit the link in the post. This is Figure 19, it is on Page 26.

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Guys it’s so important that you understand that this guy says walkable cities are ableist 😮 😮 /sarcasm

Text:

“post by fartpenis.bsky.social
Post:
walkable cities are ableist”

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 10/11/2025

@nickandert.bsky.social If you forgot, then it wasn’t important. *Add crossover* #transit #subwaybuilder #game

A SubwayBuilder (game) meme that applies to agencies in real life too
Meme format:
“I think I forgot something.”
“If you forgot, then it wasn’t important.”
“Yeah, you’re right.”
“Add Crossover”

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 30/09/2025

When the grocery store doesn’t have bike racks

Posing for a selfie inside a grocery store aisle with my bike

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 27/09/2025

Very stern announcement from the April 2025 DSTT disruption that said “DO NOT CROSS THE TRACKS”

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 12/08/2025

Can we just talk about how fucking insane this is? This is the 5th/Madison Midtown Station for Ballard Link Extension. The preferred alternative doesn't have this station, so we're fighting an uphill battle just to even have a Midtown Station. #soundtransit #ballard #seattle #midtown #chinatown

5th & Madison Midtown Station location alterative. This alternative is paired with everything EXCEPT the current preferred alternative for Chinatown. We are fighting an uphill battle just to have a station where we voted for it to be. But even if we win that fight, LOOK AT HOW DEEP THIS STATION IS. THIS IS FUCKING INSANE.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 11/08/2025

(1/2) Bear with me, this one is complicated but I need to point this out. 1st pic: Voter-Approved WSBLE 2nd pic: Reasonable alternatives to study that fit the scope 3rd pic: Representative alignment, First Hill alternatives 4th pic: Alternative that skips the main hub altogether (View the alt texts)

The West Seattle & Ballard Link Extensions map given to voters for ST3. This was the base model, everything subject to change, but not drastically. ST3 passed in 2016 and that includes what is on this map.

A map showing the Chinatown station (Seattle's largest transit hub). There are four alignments shown. The first alignment (on the top) is the 4th Avenue Deep/Shallow alternatives. The second alignment is gray and hard to see because this is the current station and alignment that is open today. The third and fourth alignments are touching each other, the light green is the representative alignment shown in the first picture, and the darker alignment is a very similar 5th Avenue Shallow alternative. The 2 additional alternatives (not existing, and not the representative) are reasonable to study and are seen as well within the scope of the project.

Three maps side by side, each showing the current line (blue), and a different version of the future line through downtown Seattle (green). The version on the left shows the representative alignment with a Midtown Station at 5th & Madison. The version in the middle shows a First Hill alternative with a Midtown / First Hill Station at 8th & Madison. The version on the right shows a First Hill alternative with a First Hill Station at Boren & Madison. Despite being very popular, and despite a First Hill Station being unfairly cut from the original line, these First Hill alternatives were cut from Ballard Link Extension for being "outside the project scope".

A map showing the disastrous North/South alternative in the International District and Downtown Seattle (green), and how it connects (or doesn't connect) to the current line (blue/pink). As it says at the top, there is no Midtown Station. The "Chinatown" station is so far away from the current transit hub that it is literally closer to Stadium Station. Nobody likes this alternative, and yet somehow this *is* within the project scope. Hypocrisy.

quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 06/08/2025

Stations do show real-time arrivals. There aren’t any announcements yet, but the screens do show snippets of a service alert and of an arrival message. Very buggy but it’s expected as this is a test. Excited to see it working. Pictures below. #tacoma #soundtransit #link #transit #tech #pims

Union Station platform. Two PIMS screens.

Left says: “(T)Tacoma Dome - 🛜4 min” “(T)Tacoma Dome - 🛜13 min”

Right says: “(T)St Joseph - 🛜3 min” “(T)St Joseph - 14 min”

Tacoma Dome Station platform.

PIMS screen says: “T Line to” in white text centered top left with the rest of the screen black. This is similar to other lines but it’s missing the rest of the sentence which would probably be “T Line to St Joseph at outbound platform in 2 minutes”.

Tacoma Dome Station platform.

PIMS screen says: “(!) Service Alert” “seek alternate transportation options.”

Tacoma Dome Station platform.

PIMS screen says: “Tacoma Dome”

This happened as blockage on the tracks caused the T Line to terminate at St Joseph so the screens were shut off. This is what happens on other lines too, when something is broken, it only shows the station name.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 29/07/2025

The signs are still not showing realtime arrivals. I wish they’d at least show it with the scheduled departure times, especially because the T Line is almost always on time. Here’s what it looks like below on the T Line compared to what it looks like on the 1 Line. #soundtransit #link #tacoma

T Line - PIMS screen says “Trains to Tacoma Dome Station arrive every 12 minutes 7:08 a.m. to 8:32 p.m.”

1 Line - PIMS screen says “(1)Lynnwood - 2 min” “(1)Angle Lake - 3 min”

quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 20/06/2025

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The image shows a pride event in the background and a heavily armed military soldier in camo in the foreground.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 12/06/2025

Real-time tracking data will be coming to the Sound Transit T Line (Tacoma Link) in mid-July.

An email from the Sound Transit GTFS team. The last bullet point of the “Upcoming” section says “T Line Real Time data in mid-July”

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 05/06/2025

The Sound Transit Link T Line (Tacoma Link) will soon have real-time data. HYPE #transit #tacoma #seattle #gtfs #pantograph

GTFS update from Sound Transit. “Upcoming: T Line Real Time data”

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 02/06/2025

Huge milestone! Expect the extension to open between January and March. youtu.be/FGtpVGsPQrQ PS I saw this train come back through South Bellevue afterwards. Would anyone be interested in a YouTube video of that footage?

The first light rail vehicle in the world to cross a floating bridge is on its way back to base. Seen here just south of South Bellevue.

The first light rail train to cross a floating bridge seen here at South Bellevue on its way back to base.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 24/05/2025

The new map for I90 link is on some trains now. In case anyone hasn’t seen it yet I’ll attach a photo I got. It’s kind of funny that the Downtown Redmond sticker was on longer than it was off.

The new updated Link map showing the 1 & 2 Lines together to Lynnwood, with a new sticker covering Judkins Park, Mercer Island, and Pinehurst.

A close-up of the new sticker covering Judkins Park and Mercer Island

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 07/05/2025

The sticker has come off! Here’s before, after, and sticker mark. #SoundTransit #DowntownRedmond #ST3 #LinkLightRail The new light rail extension is opening on May 10!

System map with the “Downtown Redmond Coming Soon” sticker on it. (Top middle left)

System map without the “Downtown Redmond Coming Soon” sticker on it. The revealed stations are “Marymoor Village” and “Downtown Redmond”. (Middle left)

Zoomed in on the system map where the sticker was, you can faintly see the sticker mark. (Middle)

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 07/04/2025

Hahahaha somebody royally screwed up this map

A map of the Seattle Link 1 & 2 Lines north of Columbia City except:
1) Overlake Village is spelled Overlak Village
2) There are 3 unmarked stations downtown between Chinatown and Westlake where there should be only two
3) All of the water has been moved to the top left, Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish are up in Shoreline and Lynnwood the place where Lake Washington is supposed to be is land
This is a service map on the official Sound Transit website

quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 01/04/2025

Apple Maps now shows the RapidRide B Line extension to the new Downtown Redmond Station on the 2 Line (opens May 10). It now also currently shows both the current routing and the new routing nearby Overlake Village Station. #transit #carfree #seattle

Apple Maps now shows the RapidRide B Line extension from Redmond Transit Center to the new Downtown Redmond Link Station.

A close-up of the full routing of the RapidRide extension.

A close-up of the bus bay locations at the new terminal.

The current B Line routing deviates to go right by Overlake Village Station, Apple Maps now shows both the current routing and the new routing (as of May 10) which will skip the deviation and offer a more direct route.

quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 26/03/2025

@calliopegames.bsky.social I just got Mass Transit, I’m looking forward to adding it in to my game nights! (And playing solo when game nights are not happening)

Small board game box
“Mass Transit”
“The cooperative transportation game”
“By Chris Leder & Kevin Rodgers”

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 16/01/2025

Here’s the public feedback: They also mentioned that a lot of people advocated against numbered street names in station names.

Pinehurst Station receives fully positive responses across the board and is overall ranked as most people’s number 1 choice.

Pinehurst/130th Station mostly receives positive feedback and is ranked as most people’s number 2 choice. There are disagreements about redundancy and most people say it is not a brief / easy-to-remember name.

Pinehurst/Haller Lake Station receives very mixed feedback. Mixed responses over whether it is geographically appropriate / accurate, intuitive, and overall feedback. Negative responses over being brief / easy-to-remember.

North Seattle/130th receives more negative feedback. Mixed responses over whether it is geographically appropriate, intuitive, and overall feedback was mixed, though many people had said it is too broad and could be confused with Northgate. Negative responses over avoiding redundancy, being geographically accurate, and being brief / easy to remember.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 08/01/2025

The PIMS installation at Auburn and Everett Sounder Stations have been extended to these dates: Everett: Jan 9-10 Auburn: Jan 13-16 www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us... #SoundTransit #Seattle #carfree Here’s what some of those signs look like now:

PIMS signage at Sumner Station showing a windows desktop with recycling bin and google chrome.

Amtrak and Sounder screens side by side at Tukwila Station

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 27/12/2024

Usually don’t make posts like this but I am a gamer so I of course play lots of different bus and train simulators. Just wanted to call out VAMOS Bus Simulator for having an extremely toxic and sexist community.

Discord text. A higher-up responds to someone calling out the use of the n word by saying everything is PG-13, I reply and note that the server rules do not allow this, another higher-up tells me to “shut the fuck up”, and someone reacts with the nerd emoji.

Discord text. Someone responded to something I said and insisted I was being pushy, so I asked them to stop looking for an argument with me, and then somebody comes in and says “hey there’s a girl in here”, and then after realizing there are in fact TWO girls in here he reply pings me, and pings someone else telling them to “get with this girl too”.

Discord text. I opened a support ticket to report the sexism and disregard for rules, but of course the people who respond to tickets are the people who are responsible for this chaos, the first higher-up doesn’t see my issue when presented with blatant sexism (of the most humiliating kind, I might add). Ticket text continued in next image.

Discord text. Continuation of last image. Higher-up claims “telling someone to shut up isn’t breaking a rule”, I point out that it, in fact, actually is. He instantly replies simply “It isn’t” rather than taking a look for himself, and I decide to leave since there’s just no point. I unfortunately didn’t grab a screenshot of the rules on the way out but it was just typical “no flame wars, be nice” etc which obviously if someone isn’t being nice then they are breaking the rules.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 16/12/2024

This was in my morning brew today 😮 There are a LOT of people subscribed to Morning Brew, so having an article in there that gets you thinking about the dangers of car dependency could be VERY powerful. #carfree www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Paragraph titled “Driving dependence could be making us hate our lives.” including information about a scientific study that is perhaps exposing the obvious to Urbanists all around the world.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 06/12/2024

You know what else you can do with 4 minutes? 👏 J 👏 A 👏 Y 👏 W 👏 A 👏 L 👏 K 👏 Seriously, fuck this, fuck that, fuck you. Bricks are 42¢ at Home Depot. #safestreets #walkable #carfree

A sign at a crosswalk saying “wait times up to 4 minutes” with a blur of a car in the background.
A post from the city of Leavenworth, Washington announcing that you may have to wait up to 4 minutes at crosswalks and unironically suggesting pedestrians sing to pass the time.

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quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 04/12/2024

Tacoma Dome Station does not have the new screens installed yet, however Lakewood Station does! The screens are not turned on yet, and Sounder still does not currently have live tracking. This is very exciting! #Urbanism #Carfree

A Sounder commuter train at Lakewood Station with the doors open and a pole with transit arrival screens that are turned off.

quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 02/12/2024

It looks like the installation of new Variable Messaging Signs on the Sounder S Line may have been slightly delayed. I’ll still be going out there.

Timeline for installing new screens at Sounder stations showing installation beginning on December 2nd.

Timeline for installing new screens at Sounder stations showing installation beginning on November 15th.

quadmoo @quadmoo.bancars.city · 22/11/2024

As part of Sound Transit’s At-grade Crossings Program, Link will be getting alternating headlights (like Sounder) by 2026 if all goes well. We most likely will not be getting an additional bell sound for this. #transit #seattle #carfree

A screenshot of a Sound Transit document explaining the “Alternating (Wig Wag) Train Headlights” portion of the At-grade Crossings Program.