Midweek Roundup: busiest summer
by Nathan Dickey from Seattle Transit Blog on (#77SJM)
Transportation:- SDOT is proposing to scale back Pike Place's pedestrianization pilot this winter; the Seattle Street Alliance proposes an alternative (The Urbanist).
- Another round of WSLE station area design surveys by SDOT is open, closing on September 8.
- July bike counts obliterated Seattle's all-time monthly record (Seattle Bike Blog)
- With Ballard Link delayed to sometime between 2042 and 2060, some advocates are calling for ST to reopen consideration of a Ballard stop on the Sounder N Line (The Urbanist)
- How Recent Crossing Improvements Have Lowered Speeds around Judkins Park (WSDOT Blog)
- Denny Way is getting its eastbound bus lane this weekend (SDOT Blog)
- State ferries to recap busiest summer since 2019 and share other updates at virtual community meetings this September (WSDOT)
More headlines after the break.
Land Use & Housing:- While Seattle slows, the region's fastest growth is on the fringes (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL).
- Land use advocates are calling for a rethink of MHA, but utility connection fees need to be addressed, too (The Urbanist)
- Seattle area doesn't have enough family-sized units to go around' (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL)
- How North Bend's First Attempt to Build Workforce Housing Fell Apart (The Urbanist)
- King County will reopen shuttered building as workers return to office (The Seattle Times, $; free via SPL). This includes King County's Administration Building, which has been unused since 2022 and was the center of Dow Constantine's Civic Campus downtown redevelopment proposal.
This is an Open Thread.