Here’s their argument for putting a major transit hub on 4th Avenue: As Stephen Fesler wrote in the Urbanist, snubbing the 4th Ave proposal would constitute a “serious blow to the transit system and forever punish transit riders.” In their eyes, Sound Transit should do right by riders instead of building in predictable inconveniences.
Transit advocates argue that the North & South placement and the North of CID plan will make for a much worse transit experience compared to the 4th Avenue proposal. Urbanists on Twitter lost their collective shit when both Constantine and Morales endorsed paths that skip the CID. 4th Ave Shallow Unlike the other plans, the 4th Avenue shallow route includes a station in First Hill, which would end up being one of the busiest stations. The public will have a better idea of where the board members stand based on the amendments they propose in the agenda that will come out ahead of the meeting. On Thursday, the board votes to decide which of these “preferred alternatives” to advance to the next phase of study and review. They dubbed those ideas the “North & South placement,” the “North of CID alternative,” and the “South of CID alternative.” At that meeting, the agency introduced three additional new ideas from the community that cut the Midtown station and placed the station outside of the CID. The board did not consider those “unspecified concepts” in earnest until January, during the fourth and final Sound Transit workshop on the matter. Though conflict over the best route to take led to a delay on the decision last year, King County Executive Dow Constantine said he’s not interested in delaying the once-in-a-civilization decision again, as any dithering would cost the agency millions.Īs discussions continue, elected officials keep coming out in support of routes that delete the promised Midtown station in First Hill and skip over the CID, a neighborhood that seemed all but destined to host the huge transfer station following voter approval of the light rail extension in 2016. On Thursday they vote on a measure to lay out the way to bring light rail to Ballard and West Seattle, which will either involve plopping a major transit hub on 4th Avenue in the Chinatown International District (CID) or building stations farther outside the historic neighborhood. Sound Transit board members only have two days left to weigh the importance of convenient regional transit in the face of climate catastrophe against the health of the last active Chinatown in the Pacific Northwest.
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