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Seattle Now

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Riding the bus is going to look a little different next month.

Transit officials will start checking tickets after a five year pause and a system review.

Seattle Times transportation reporter Nick Deshais will tell us about King County Metro’s new approach to fare enforcement.

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0:00.0	These days, there's so much news.
0:01.8	It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community.
0:06.4	The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism.
0:10.7	Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news.
0:17.5	We get behind the headlines.
0:19.4	We get to the truth.
0:22.8	Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Tuesday. This is Seattle now. If you ride the
0:32.2	bus, hold on to your ticket. Seattle Times Transportation reporter Nick DeShay will tell us about King County Metro's
0:38.7	new approach to fair enforcement. But first, let's get you caught up. Seattle's new police chief,
0:48.0	Sean Barnes, will lay out his priorities to the Seattle City Council this morning. Top of the list
0:53.4	is a briefing about efforts to retain and recruit new police officers
0:57.5	and the department's plan to improve its sexual assault unit.
1:01.5	Today's meeting starts at 9.30. It's streaming live on the Seattle Channel.
1:06.0	A new proposal by state lawmakers would make it legal to grow cannabis at home. Right now, that's only
1:12.2	legal for certain medical patients in Washington State. This new bill would allow anyone over 21 to
1:18.0	grow up to six plants. Today's public hearing starts at 130. It's streaming live on TVW.
1:24.4	And an event at Mohi tonight will explore the legacy of the 1999 WTO protests, also known as the Battle of Seattle.
1:33.6	The event kicks off a project to digitize hundreds of hours of footage collected by activists during the anti-corporate globalization protests.
1:42.7	The event begins at 7 tonight. We'll drop a link in the show
1:45.7	notes if you want more info. Check back for more headlines on tonight's episode of Seattle Now.
1:54.9	If you ride the light rail, you may have noticed fair ambassadors, checking tickets and encouraging passengers to pay.
2:02.6	By the end of next month, something similar will roll out on King County Metro buses.
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