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As a resident of Seattle who lives south of the ship canal, I am going to lose my mind if we don't get to, someday, vote on transit through the Central District
by techsupporter 11y ago
As a resident of Seattle who lives south of the ship canal, I am going to lose my mind if we don't get to, someday, vote on transit through the Central District. The CD has more riders and more density than the opening-in-2021 station in Roosevelt. Roosevelt is going to be zoned lower than the upcoming rezone at 23rd and Jackson. Yet, inexplicably, nobody ever wants to put a Metro 8 Subway to a vote.
I'm already half tempted to vote no on ST3 because running light rail to ISSAQUAH--expected to get 11,000 riders per day, or 70% of the riders that a single route (number 48) through the CD gets--before filling in the gaps in the rest of our system is just...galling. But I'll probably vote yes because it's not like voting no is going to end subarea equity.
(See the seattlesubway.org yellow line for what a Denny/23rd Ave "Metro 8 Subway" would look like.)
- OrwellianChild 11y agoNow's your chance to get involved! As a soon-to-be Beacon/Mt. Baker resident, I'm right there with you on the south-end infill... Their final plan will be decided in June, so we have to speak up now!