Transportation Proposed light-rail expansion includes 8,560 park-and-ride stalls — but is it enough? Sound Transit 3’s investment in parking is likely critical to some voters’ support to expand light rail deep into the suburbs — north to Everett, east to Issaquah and Redmond and south to Tac[...]
Posts Tagged ‘transit’
November 1st, 2016 - 10:15 am § in The Ave Scene
Is ST3 about creating LA? Or is it about planning a “new” Sound-opolis with local high density housing?
October 20th, 2016 - 1:54 pm § in The Ave Scene
ENSORSEMENT: NO on ST3
“If not, there is no “Plan B,” and the Sound Transit board and planners will again have to go back to the drawing board.” Bill Bradburd: Public transit in Seattle and the Puget Sound region has had a fitful history. November’s ballot initiative Prop 1, the $54B Sound Transit 3 (ST3[...]
October 9th, 2016 - 12:58 pm § in The Ave Scene
David Brewster on The $54 Billion Sound Transit Prop 1
David Brewster Seattle Times runs pro-con op-eds on Sound Transit vote. The opposition case is particularly well made by Chuck Collins; odd that the case in favor comes from a California head of Sierra Club, not a local. Collins makes good points about limited impact on congestion, failure of tr[...]