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Linda Thielke

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Route 358 Is the Most Dangerous Bus Route In Seattle

    Metro Route 7, which runs down Third Avenue to the Rainier Valley, continues to cement its reputation as one of more dangerous bus rides you're likely to take among the 230-plus routes that King County Metro Transit provides. On Monday, a 48-year-old woman was stabbed on a bus near Third and Stewart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Patty Murray's Amendment Ruled Unconstitutional, Mariners Fans Say Goodbye to Cheap Bus Service

    ​Last year, Democratic Senator Patty Murray did local sports fans a solid when she carved out an exception to a Bush Administration policy that prohibited public transit agencies from competing with private bus companies. As a result of the exception, the Mariners were able to revive an agreem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Print is Dead: Metro Cutting the Number of Paper Bus Schedules in Half This Year

    With fewer bus schedules to be found, you may be doing a lot more of this.​As anyone who has spent time waiting at a bus stop knows, there are the published bus schedules and then there are the real bus schedules, and they often have very little to do with each other. Still, we rely on them, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    The Scalawags of South Park Marina Look For New Homes

    The construction of replacement for the South Park Bridge remains up in the air, but some residents are already being displaced​King County may not actually get the $99 million in federal stimulus funds it needs to move forward with construction on a replacement for the famously decaying South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Bus Tunnel Bombshell

    ​You know that panicky feeling when you're trapped somewhere and a bomb is about to go off? No? Neither did I until last night at 6 p.m., when security officials evacuated the downtown bus tunnel. I was waiting for a light rail train at the Pioneer Square station when a woman in an orange vest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Sound Transit to Buskers: Come One, Come All--at Least to the Plaza

    [Updated Below] If you've spent any time on the New York subways (or a number of other transit systems), you know that the stations and sometimes even the trains feature all sorts of performers. (MSG even created a televised tournament for New York's performers.) And if you've spent any time in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Snow Forces Metro to Shelve Its Lowriders

    One reason for Metro's reduced service? Low-clearance buses. "Last week, we had a moderate amount of snow and our lower models were doing better," says Linda Thielke, spokesperson for the King County Department of Transportation. "But with the stuff we had overnight Sunday to Monday, we've now got t ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Check Your Faux Service Dog at the Door

    Seattle’s leading anti-animal rights activist turns her attention to tightening the leash on service dogs.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    Metrofatural

    Seattle’s leading anti-animal rights activist turns her attention to tightening the leash on service dogs.

  • News

    March 21, 2007

    Rule-Bound

    Metro drivers say they can't respond to onboard havoc.

  • News

    September 14, 2005

    Third Avenue Shuffle

    With a two-year closure of the bus tunnel for light-rail construction, downtown traffic is going to be complicated.

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Buzz

    With a two-year closure of the bus tunnel for light-rail construction, downtown traffic is going to be complicated.

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