Pedestrian
Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor
Transportation advocate
Probably covering a random public meeting
(they-them)
📍Puget Sound
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Ryan Packer
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A fight is brewing at the King County Council tomorrow over whether a new 0.1% sales tax measure will arbitrarily limit the amount of funding that gets sent to Seattle, diverting it elsewhere. This week city leaders started pushing back.
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RIP any semblance of on-time performance for the First Hill Streetcar until mid-July
Ok technically the fight is at the King County Transportation District, which is a special purpose government distinct from the county council but with all nine councilmembers on its board. 🤓
I'm in Pioneer Square this morning and it's pretty clear that restricting pedestrianization to in-city game days and not the broader World Cup is going to be a mistake.
A PR person is trying to get me to write about the reopening of the Sinking Ship parking garage next week, being framed as a "refreshed parking destination."
In his state of the county address, Girmay Zahilay just announced that King County will advance plans for an 80 unit tiny house village on county land in Seattle.
He's also announcing a "permit advisory panel" that is focused on reducing permit timelines in order to accelerate housing production.
On transit, Zahilay is announcing "Metro's next stop", a name being given to an update of King County Metro's long range plan through 2038.
He says it will include: 9 new routes, 4 new RapidRide routes, and an increase in the number of routes running at least every 15 minutes.