Midweek Roundup: “Deadmond” to Redmond

3 daysuntil theDowntown Redmond Link Extension opens this Saturday, May 10! Sound Transit has more opening day details.

Local Transit News:

• Sound Transit staff will present a review of comments heard regarding the Tacoma Dome Link Extension draft EIS on Thursday's System Expansion Committee meeting (Sound Transit project update).
• With a station near Marymoor Park opening in three days, Sound Transit is reconsidering its no pets" policy on trains and buses (The Urbanist)
• Were you affected by the recent severe Link service reduction through Downtown Seattle? ST wants to hear from you (Sound Transit survey)
• From Deadmond to Redmond"; how the upcoming Redmond Link Extension opening is the next step in Redmond's urban evolution (The Seattle Times, $)
• Will the new Redmond stations fill the seats? (The Seattle Times, $)

Other Transportation:

• When it comes to transportation progress in the USA, what was old is new again (New York Times Headway" newsletter)
• Architecture firm Perkins Eastman used new data science to confirm old news: people really like walking where there's stuff to protect them from busy streets (Fast Company)

Land Use & Housing:

• Apartment sizes had been shrinking nationally until a recent reversal (New York Times, gift link). The average size is now 900 sq ft.
• Seattle Commission Warns Of Adding Poison Pills' to Middle Housing Changes (The Urbanist)

Commentary & Miscellaneous:

• A discussion of the problems that come with prioritizing State of Good Repair" with large capital projects (Pedestrian Observations)
• Where Does Motonormativity' Come From - And Which Country Has It Worst? (Streetsblog USA)
• King County is one of several counties suing the Trump Administration for cancelling grants supposed to be provided by HUD and the FTA (MyNorthwest)
• A Disillusioned Urban Planning Glossary" translates buzzwords to reality (McSweeney's)

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