News Roundup: Fair Share
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#P8QF)
- SDOT paints West Seattle Bridge bus lanes red, cites statistics on improved compliance elsewhere.
- Are developers paying their fair share? "new construction now accounts for 25 percent of the city's sales-tax revenue." ($)
- Expedia move slips from 2018 to 2019, various commuter incentives in play.
- ST Board approves limited permit parking at 10 lots.
- Developer plans 101-story building in Seattle.
- Postal Service may provide anchor project for "Central Issaquah" plan.
- Executive Constantine proposes plan to build 700 units of "workforce housing" near transit stations.
- Full Key Arena renovation for NBA and NHL would cost $285m, cheap compared to a new arena; CM Bagshaw says it only works if ST3 goes to Seattle Center.
- Blaine still lobbying for an Amtrak Cascades stop.
- Everett Station closes its electrical outlets to the public.
- TriMet gets a new system map.
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