Reminder: most transit agencies will be running Sunday/holiday service this Friday, July 3, in observation of Independence Day. Check your local agency’s service alerts.
Transit & Streets:
- Sound Transit Board Advances West Seattle Link Into Final Design (The Urbanist)
- As Everett weighs transit merger, paratransit riders want same service (Everett Herald)
- Op-Ed: How the Seattle Transit Measure Can Benefit All (The Urbanist)
- Op-Ed: Seattle Needs Car-Free Streets (The Urbanist)
- New Report Outlines Clear Case for Removing SR 99 Through South Park (The Urbanist)
- How Do We Get Transit Champions on Transit Boards? (PubliCola)
- Sound Transit refunds debt for ~$23 million in savings (The Platform)
- Temporary Street Closures Along Aurora Ave N to improve public safety (SDOT Blog)
Land Use & Housing:
- Court of Appeals Ruling Pushes Out Next Phase of Seattle’s Growth Plan ‘Significantly’ (The Urbanist)
- The Good, the Bad, and the UGA-ly as WA Growth Management Act Turns 35 (The Urbanist)
- KCRHA Spins the News that Homelessness Is Growing (PubliCola). Also in The Stranger.
This is an Open Thread.