{"id":24749,"date":"2018-01-05T15:25:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=24749"},"modified":"2017-12-19T00:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T00:30:31","slug":"seattles-secret-rainy-day-bus-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/seattles-secret-rainy-day-bus-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle&#8217;s Secret Rainy Day Bus Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re like me and have been seeing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/bostons-streets-are-covered-in-secret-poems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston\u2019s rain-activated poetry<\/a> pop up on your Facebook feed, but have been thinking, \u201cMan, I wish this involved public transportation,\u201d Seattle has the answer for you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24775\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>It&#8217;s no surprise that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rain.works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rainworks<\/a>, the company behind the &#8220;Invisible Spray&#8221; that appears when pavement is wet,\u00a0hails from the rainy city of Seattle, but what&#8217;s awesome is they\u00a0actually placed their first sidewalk art at one of the city&#8217;s bus stops. Not forgetting their roots, they recently teamed up with the Seattle Department of Transportation to add life (marine life, to be exact) to the city&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/sdotblog.seattle.gov\/2016\/05\/05\/new-expanded-rapidride-c-line-service-to-south-lake-union-celebrated-with-rain-activated-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new RapidRide C Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fseattlerainworks%2Fvideos%2Fvb.331706747025676%2F472772742919075%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This was our first time working with the City of Seattle in an official capacity, after making rainworks &#8216;guerilla style&#8217; at bus stops for years, and it was a real treat for us. We hope that the local commuters will see these rainworks and smile, and feel pride for their awesome public transit system!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Outside of adding sea creatures, the line\u00a0expanded service to South Lake Union via Westlake Ave, increased trip frequency and decreased route-time, adding dedicated transit lanes on\u00a0Westlake Ave N. If you&#8217;re in the Seattle area, check out the new additions for yourself at stops in\u00a0West Seattle, Belltown, and South Lake Union.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24777\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/3rd-Virginia-2-1024x768-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"3rd-Virginia-2-1024x768\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/3rd-Virginia-2-1024x768-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/3rd-Virginia-2-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/3rd-Virginia-2-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/3rd-Virginia-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re like me and have been seeing Boston\u2019s rain-activated poetry pop up on your Facebook feed, but have been thinking, \u201cMan, I wish this involved public transportation,\u201d Seattle has the answer for you. It&#8217;s no surprise that\u00a0Rainworks, the company behind the &#8220;Invisible Spray&#8221; that appears when pavement is wet,\u00a0hails from the rainy city of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/seattles-secret-rainy-day-bus-stops\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seattle&#8217;s Secret Rainy Day Bus Stops<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":24775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566],"tags":[526],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768-800x600.jpg",800,600,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Westlake-Denny-1-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mira Bai Shahan","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/mirabai\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"If you\u2019re like me and have been seeing Boston\u2019s rain-activated poetry pop up on your Facebook feed, but have been thinking, \u201cMan, I wish this involved public transportation,\u201d Seattle has the answer for you. It&#8217;s no surprise that\u00a0Rainworks, the company behind the &#8220;Invisible Spray&#8221; that appears when pavement is wet,\u00a0hails from the rainy city of&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}