Crosscut alerts you the impending eviction of Greyhound from its Stewart Street location downtown. After 83 years in that spot, redevelopment has caught up with them, and they need to find a new station by April of 2013. Previously, planners had wanted to add Greyhound into the King Street Station‘s multimodal mix, so you could catch an Amtrak, Sounder, or light rail train; a Metro bus or city streetcar; or a Greyhound.

But Amtrak, rail freight giant BNSF, and Greyhound were never able to agree on where Greyhound might fit in at the station–perfectly happy in its old location, Greyhound was under no pressure to agree a reduced presence, or even curbside service. Now Greyhound is howling for attention, says C.B. Hall:

Greyhound’s first choice, says district manager Mike Timlin, “would be to go in with King Street Station, with other providers, to turn King Street into a sort of intermodal hub.” […] “We’re keeping all options open,” Timlin said. “We may have to leave the City of Seattle if we can’t find anything reasonably priced within the city limits.”

Greyhound CEO David Leach has asked for a sit-down with Mayor Mike McGinn, whose office has not been quick to arrange the meeting. [UPDATE: McGinn spokesman Aaron Pickus says the meeting is scheduled for the second week of January, and disputes my suggestion of any foot-dragging on their part, saying: “We received the CEO’s letter in early December and were calling Greyhound soon after to set up a meeting. We’ve already met with OED and SDOT and WSDOT will be meeting soon.”]

Meanwhile, Seattlepi.com/KOMO reports that the Coast Guard has issued new maximum passenger limits for ferries, because, due to the American obesity epidemic, the average American now weighs 185 pounds. (The old regulations had been based on an average between 140 and 160 pounds.) So, a ferry that could carry 2,000 passengers will be rated to carry over 200 fewer people. Ferries don’t often meet passenger-carrying capacity, so riders won’t likely find themselves stranded. It’s just one of those stories that everyone can cluck disapprovingly about, for their own reasons.