The petition to save CID and Midtown station has over 4000 cosigners, thank you!
Now you can use this quick/easy form to contact the ST Board and City Council directly.
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Any time a car hits a building or parks in a bike lane, it’s bollard time!™️
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Barely a scratch on the bollard AND the colour schemes match!
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Good comments. It’s disappointing but we need to keep our eyes on delivery and the future.
We would add:
(3). Remove consultants from all quality and oversight positions within Sound Transit.
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Construction quality findings are disappointing, but not unexpected. This underscores the need to (1) open eastside rail as soon as possible, as the connection across I-90 to Seattle seems likely to be further delayed and . . . 1/3 twitter.com/MikeLindblom/s…
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We know what one more lane does and we know it isn’t the answer. So why do we keep doing it?
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Traffic congestion on CA's Highway 101 remains unchanged, despite the recent completion of an almost $600m project that included fifteen miles of widening.
Now, advocates are asking: "At what point do we stop doing something we know isn't working?" sf.streetsblog.org/2023/04/12/not
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Quietly celebrating a parking garage that costs ~$200M++ and and only serves 1,665 (cars)/day...while balking at creating world class transit hub that would serve ~30k++ [RIDERS] per day. @SeattleSubway @MayorofSeattle @kcexec @CMUpthegrove #MoveForwardOn4th #priorities
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We assume the gif represents what is going on in the cab of every Link train and you'll won't be able to convince us otherwise.
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Link packed to the gills just because. You love to see it. #MoreService
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As one of very few renters in Legislature, I've paid special attention to legislation that creates affordability and more housing options. 🏘️
That's why I voted #HB1110 off the floor today! 💥 This massive step to address the housing crisis will expand affordability and density.
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SB 5412 passes the House 95 - 2!
Great to see the state acting to prevent SEPA from being weaponized to obstruct housing!
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Looking like WA's SEPA reform bill SB 5412 will get a House vote before cutoff today at 5pm.
Rep Duerr has an amendment that would exempt all housing developments from SEPA review - but only in Seattle. I'll take it!
#Homes4WA
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We have now passed two of our priority #ForOurFuture bills, HB 1181 and HB 1110, out of the Senate! This was a group effort and we are thankful for everyone who took part. Now, it is time for our elected officials to pass them over the finish line! #WALeg
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New design review process diagram just dropped.
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Looks like #HB1293 just passed @WASenDemocrats "Streamlining development regulations"... which impacts #designreview!!!! Changes include:
1. Clear and Objective regulations must be applied.
2. No reduction in density, height, bulk, scale.
3. Only 1 Public Meeting 
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HB 1110, the middle housing bill, passed on a big bipartisan vote of 35-14 in the Senate. 🎉 Now the two chambers will have to decide how to proceed with two different bill versions. #Waleg
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HB 1110 is on the Senate run list!!! @UrbanistOrg @Sightline @AARPWA @SierraClubWASt @FuturewiseWA content.govdelivery.com/attachments/WA
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Claims a station on 4th will “destroy the CID” and that it will specifically cause displacement/gentrification (vs the N/S option) don’t stand up to scrutiny.
As far as we can tell, there has been no attempt to back up either claim, anywhere… other than to repeat it.
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Media clarifications re: CID station debate.
1). 4th is not in the middle of the CID.
2). In ST plans, 4th is never fully closed during construction.
3). Based on what we know, most CID residents favor a station on 4th.
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Unless the 20% IZ requirement can be removed, it’s better to let this bill die and try again next year.
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Appreciate your work on this, @juliagrantreed, but SB 5466 fails this test.
As-is, we’re concerned that the bill would not only fail to produce housing near transit, but it might have a net negative impact on housing production near transit if HB 1110 passes.
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MHA/IZ done poorly suppresses housing, sometimes intentionally.
MHA/IZ done well captures part of upzone created land wealth in the form of affordable housing.
Formula:
[Upzone Added Land wealth] minus [Cost of MHA/IZ]
= negative number (bad)
≈ [Cost of of MHA/IZ] (good)
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Twitter really wants us to engage with this account for some reason.
Today we unveil our answer: No.
The endless dumb takes and straw-men are tempting though. Guess we’ll have to block them to stop seeing them.
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“The addition of a 20% affordability requirement for new housing in TOD areas might sound good on paper, but in practice, it’s likely to devastate housing production. If no housing is built, 20% inclusionary requirements mean nothing — 20% of zero is still zero.”
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Washington legislators are still considering middle housing and transit-oriented development (TOD) housing bills. The middle housing bill is decently intact, but recent amendments to the TOD bill include a poison pill. #Waleg
Story: theurbanist.org/2023/04/06/sta
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Hoorah! This bill appears to still be good.
Hopefully it can get to the finish line!
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HB 1110 has been pulled from the Senate rules committee & now awaits floor action. I’m also happy to report that the @AWCities is officially supporting the bill. We must work together to create more #Homes4WA
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If you catch us talking about transit costs, be assured that it’s about getting more/better transit.
It is worth noting that a fair amount of the costs discussion is actually just a plain wrapper for an anti-transit bias.
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Critiquing the price of transit projects is not about unfairly “targeting” them, it’s about understanding that high costs mean *less* projects and that high costs are not a given - we need to look around the world and understand that we (in the Anglosphere) are outliers.
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Something for transit operations people in Seattle to watch as the light rail spine lengthens
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Thanks to platform bins, trash is ending up where it should.
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You can see Rainier and Aurora just by the dots on this map.
It’s long past time the city made safety a priority on Seattle’s two most dangerous roads.
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Since 2020, Seattle has had a lot of bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities caused by motorist collisions.
Story: theurbanist.org/2023/04/04/acc
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We now have the votes on 1167!
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Dang it.
Just…. Ding dang it.
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This was the streamlining housing regulations bill. The year of housing continues to shrink in #Waleg. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Bi
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China is better at this than the US, but there is still time to take these lessons:
-Standardize train types
-Standardize train systems across types
-Keep building
-No consultants managing consultants
(ok, we added that last one)
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1110 Has been changed significantly since it dropped @ the beginning of session. And, I believe the policy is still an improvement & will help create more #Homes4WA. twitter.com/danbertolet/st…
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HB 1110 isn’t perfect but it’s a definite step in the right direction.
Not so much for the “TOD” bill SB 5466. Unless it’s improved it would be better if it didn’t pass.
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The latest changes to WA's middle housing bill HB 1110 weaken it slightly, but the bill still represents a HUGE step forward for housing abundance.
It will legalize fourplexes in the state's 17 biggest cities, and duplexes in smaller cities.
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Such a damning indictment that a majority of electeds making decisions about the most important elements of the region's future transit system don't care about how riders will actually use it, except for one elected who is a daily transit rider.
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Harrell saying (paraphrased):
“How could it be a back room deal, the board is too big!”
Is actually pretty funny.
-I’m breaking the intent of the public meetings rule via tricky use a fossil fuel lobbyist but there is NO WAY that could be sketchy.
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The fix is in and we don’t actually get to know what Ceis was up to. We just get bland assurances with no ability to verify.
Calling this a good use if public money is such a bold lie. The public doesn’t even get to really know anything about it.
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We could quibble about Harrell’s “10-12 years” comment or on the fact the article doesn’t really explain why n/s are so bad for riders, but it seems like a waste of time.
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. and are intent on destroying ST3 and the board largely doesn’t care.
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“Seems like something we shouldn’t have to explain again.”
-Transit riders.
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NEW: Fast, Frequent Transit Would Drive Ridership Rebound, Commute Seattle Survey Shows
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