Author and journalist Matthew Yglesias joins us to discuss his book, One Billion Americans.

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Podcast #100: Thinking Bigger

North Seattle Metro / Link restructures Lamenting Link frequency (10:54) Collapse is a choice (18:28) Reconnect West Seattle (25:29)Bellevue I-405 (39:26) Mt. Rainier bus ideas (44:37) Download link

Podcast #99: Intensely disappointing

Seattle TBD goes to the ballot County TBD?(18:35) West Seattle options (20:46) Bremerton BRT (31:26) 130th & 145th St station plans (40:07) Download link

Podcast #98: Donut hole

Seattle TBD renewal Metro drivers (17:35) Maximizing ridership (22:57) HALA (35:50) Gig car share (50:40) Download

Podcast #97: Cancelling raises

East-west passenger rail Center city connector on pause (11:44) Jump bikes (15:16) Opening streets (24:46) Community Transit and Everett Transit (31:50) Metro cuts (37:35) Download link

Podcast #96: 40mph trains

Swift’s Link connection Recovery fare (14:21) CDC’s questionable transit advice (21:55) ST’s revenue shortfall (27:12) Passenger ferries (34:08) Tacoma Dome Link (35:49) Download link

Podcast #95: talking myself into this

Sounder North Tacoma BRT (13:40) No really, Tacoma BRT (31:30) Uber + Lime quasi-merger (43:25) Huzzah for safe streets (57:15) Download link

Podcast #94: Sub-regional backbiting

Parking garages and opportunity cost ST3 cuts (17:00) Future metro ridership (25:56) West Seattle bridge (34:19) Musings on a work-from-home future (42:07) Download link (Apologies for the audio quality on this one. We had an unexpected gear change before recording.)

Podcast #93: Essential trips only

We take questions from the reader mailbag. Download link

Podcast #92: Take the Link to Capitol Hill

Special guest Alex Hudson, Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition Federal funding & Covid-19 response County ballot measure is…dead? (13:23) Legislative update (21:19) Fare enforcement (26:57) Eastside restructure (33:02) West Seattle bridge (38:34) Download

Podcast #91: Now more than ever

Metro’s long range plan and the countywide ballot RapidRide R (17:41) Monorail expansion (28:15) Car sharing (31:30)

Podcast #90: Car sharing is back

More Connect 2020 gripes University St naming (5:33) Fare enforcement (8:55) MVET bill (29:20) SDOT capital projects (34:50) North link restructure (46:58) Note: when we recorded this last week, I-976 had just been upheld by a local court; the upper court has since temporarily sided with Sound Transit. Download link

Podcast #89: Stay on Sound Transit

Connect 2020 airing of the grievances 130th St infill station (18:20) Protected bus lanes (32:23) Low-income fares (35:27) Bike and scooter share (50:19) Download link

Podcast #88: It’s always Festivus

Why is ridership growth slowing? Route 44 I-976 on hold (new results maps) Ride2 cancelled Which avenue is your bus? Download link

Podcast #87: prior positions not confirmed

Podcast #86: Thanksgiving Mailbag

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