Countdowns: East Link Starter Line (This Saturday! 11am), Lynnwood Link (August 30).
Transit Updates:
Pierce Transit is hosting a ribbon-cutting event at 12pm today at the Tacoma Dome Station celebrating the opening of the Stream Community Line. Service started on April 1, serving as an express route along the Pacific Avenue/State Route 7 Corridor. All Pierce Transit services are fare-free for the day.
Seattle Times ($) writes about the imminent opening of the East Link Starter Line, features an interactive map of the new stations, and reviews the history of the 2 Line.
Sound Transit is sending workers to survey riders onboard Link, Sounder, and ST Express about their experience. The survey effort will continue into the Fall.
Local News:
Ryan Packer writes about the plan to turn Harrison street in SLU into a transit mall but is concerned that capacity won’t be any near the corridor estimates for 2050.
The Seattle Times ($) writes about the 24 “Neighborhood Centers” chosen for inclusion in the draft One Seattle Plan.
On Tuesday, PubliCola and the Urbanist reported on how Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) original draft of the One Seattle Plan was gutted by Mayor Harrell’s office.
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