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Northgate Light Rail Community Design Study Open House, 12/8

The City’s Department of Planning and Development is holding a public meeting to present options for future development and street improvements around the Northgate Light Rail station.

The meeting is on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m., at the Aljoya Senior Apartments at Thornton Place, 450 NE 100th Street. Off-street parking available at [...]

Metro Proposes Changes for 2012

September 2012 is a long time away, but Metro is engaging the public regarding service changes which will coincide with the start of the Aurora and Ballard “Rapid Ride” bus lines. The relevant changes to our neighborhood are:

The 18 will now longer serve Downtown to Ballard, but will instead run between Fremont, Ballard, Crown [...]

Oct. 25 Transit Master Plan (TMP) Open House

Join the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) at an upcoming open house to learn about the Transit Master Plan (TMP), share your feedback, and see where we’re going from here.

The TMP is a 20-year vision for transit in Seattle. SDOT recently released the draft report, available at http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/transitmasterplan.htm.

Open house date and location:

Sound Transit Public Meetings for Northgate to Lynnwood Mass Transit

Sound Transit is holding public meetings this month about the scoping for mass transit between Northgate (Transit Center) and Lynnwood (196th St SW). The meetings are between 6:00 and 8:00 PM on the following dates:

Tuesday, October 11, 2011: Shoreline Conference Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline Thursday, October 13, 2011: Embassy Suites Hotel, 44th [...]

Northgate Light Rail Station Area Online Survey

Did you miss the Open House last week? If so, the Community Design Study still wants to hear from you!

Tell it your thoughts on how to create a vital community at the future Northgate light-rail station by taking the online survey:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/NorthgateStationAreaDevelopment

The City of Seattle, King County, Sound Transit and other [...]

Determining Seattle’s Transportation Future

Speaking of transit, there is a transit meeting coming up this week which I will be attending. I’ve got another meeting on Monday and our Pinehurst Community meeting is on Thursday (26th) so I hope to see some of you in Fremont on the 24th.

No matter what your priorities are, this is a good [...]

Northgate Light Rail Station Open House Recap

I unfortunately missed the public Meeting on May 17th but they’ve posted a recap which includes the maps, displays, and the presentation as pdfs.

http://projects.soundtransit.org/Projects-Home/North-Link/North-Link-Library.xml#northgate

If anybody was there and has details to share, I’d love to hear more. It’s great that they make this available but there’s only so much you can get from [...]

North Link Light Rail Open House – Northgate Station

Spring Open House dates

Want to learn more about the future light rail station in your neighborhood? Sound Transit will be hosting several open houses to show the current design plans, and to hear your thoughts and ideas about the stations.

Northgate Station*: [...]

Metro Plans To Close Some Routes 41/73 Stops

I haven’t taken a look at the exact stops yet but I wanted to add a couple quick comments on how this has gone in the past. Metro is going through this process to improve reliability and save money. They are facing major budget issues and the alternative is cutting out routes entirely in some [...]

Want a Better Transit System? Tell SDOT What You’d Like to See!

Getting around Seattle can be tricky—everyone has waited for a delayed bus in the rain, driven to work to save time, or needed room for just one more bike on the train. Maybe you wish the bus stopped closer to your house or was easier to get to on foot or by bike. We know [...]