if the MAN SG 220 has no fans then i am dead

another detail is that B and 250 haven’t seen significant ridership dips because very few people were using the buses as a full redmond to bellevue connection since they are pretty slow. these are for the most part new riders and new trips, which means fewer cars and more people getting places.

cascades trains running with conventional equipment are allowed to run at the talgo speed limit so there likely won’t be any travel time changes

i can’t wait to take the train to sheep station.

i love defunding the police by…

*checks notes*

installing c-curbs

i post this shit as if anyone who follows me doesn’t already know what’s in the next service change lmao

renumbering not remembering lmfao

i’m not sure why they aren’t remembering the 269 to a 210 route when it becomes an I-90 route. they are remembering the 208 to 215 and 311 to 256, but metro seems inconsistent about when it considers a route “new” vs “revised”.

part of what makes it difficult is the eastside’s numbering system has changed many times and continues to the change as service become less downtown-focused. 250s especially are starting to become a new class of Redmond/Woodinville routes with the 250 and upcoming 251 and 256.

the 200s bullshit is mostly classifiable:

200s - local routes in the I-90 corridor
210s - I-90 routes
220s - mainly Redmond
230s - mainly Kirkland/Woodinville
240s - mainly Bellevue
250s - SR-520 routes
260s - SR-520 routes (old)
270s - SR-520 to U District
280s - night owl (old)
290s - DART (old)