Today Streets For All is excited to announce that we have endorsed the Transportation for Washington campaign.
Transportation for Washington is working to transform state transportation policy and funding along three principles:
Today, four neighborhood leaders and seven advocacy group leaders sent a letter to the Sound Transit Board of Directors to express concern about a $40 million parking garage at Northgate.
Sound Transit has set a target of increasing transit ridership from the Northgate Transit Center from 5,000 to 15,000 daily boardings by 2030, with 92% of the boardings arriving at Northgate by walking, bicycling, or busing there. Currently 70% of daily boardings arrive via alternative transportation, with the rest arriving by car.
That means a net reduction of driving will need to occur at Northgate in order to hit Sound Transit’s targets. Unfortunately, Sound Transit is investing $40 million into a project that will benefit the 8% of people who will drive to Northgate. Meanwhile, Sound Transit is investing less than $2 million in infrastructure to help people live at and walk, bike and ride to the transit center.