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 [...]

North Link Project Update for November

This is the first in the series of updates on the North Link Project that I talked about earlier.  You can sign up below (or here) to get these in your email too.

Sign-Up Now for North Link Light Rail Project Updates

I’m really excited to be able to share info on the upcoming Light Rail expansion to Northgate.  It’s obviously a long ways off still but it’s moving forward and you can sign up for updates directly to get info directly from Sound Transit.  We’ll be posting more updates here as we get them but if [...]

Sound Transit planning light rail from Northgate to Lynnwood

Sound Transit is holding meeting for public input for the light rail line from Northgate to Lynnwood. The first meeting is at Ingraham High on 10/7.

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Walk Bike Ride (+Streets For All Seattle) Video

Here’s a video about Walk Bike Ride and Streets for all Seattle which you can also hear about at our upcoming Community Meeting on Thursday. (See my subtle reference there?) It covers the issue from a variety of viewpoints around the city (including many areas that already have lots of sidewalks and infrastructure [...]

Walk Bike Ride Ballots Online

The Walk Bike Ride Ballot is now available online. You can either fill it out online or print it out and return it to the Mayor’s office. The ballots are also available at the community meetings that I mentioned earlier. The Bitter Lake meeting was tonight (anybody attend?) and there will be one in Northgate [...]