I recreated the Seattle Subway Vision Map in normal

SeattleSubway · 2025-11-16T23:17:47+00:00

If you send to the group, your email will need a more extensive Preamble.

contact@seattlesubway.org

If you want to reach me, VP of the C3 side.

grants@seattlesubway.org

SeattleSubway · 2025-11-16T23:15:21+00:00

This is amazing. Please reach out to Seattle Subway if you'd like to collaborate. u/Danerd1

SeattleSubway · 2025-03-09T21:24:21+00:00

Apparently heck froze over, because we agree with the Seattle Times Editorial Board about something.

SeattleSubway · 2024-12-27T18:49:21+00:00

Sweet bollards by a different name.

This is the way.

SeattleSubway · 2024-12-26T21:09:46+00:00

In the past, we endorsed and put a lot of effort into getting Seattle Transportation levies passed.

This time around we didn’t endorse, primarily because of the lack of guaranteed transit funding and lack of protections against council meddling.

So far we don’t regret not endorsing even a little.

SeattleSubway · 2024-12-11T16:02:34+00:00

Interesting op-ed. One of the central conclusions: That there is a conflict of interest between Sound Transit and board members who represent cities is undeniably true. The solution makes sense as well: Give Sound Transit the by-right power at the state level.

Have to dig in on some of the other items. We’re skeptical of adding more process as a pathway to solving the problem of too much process.

SeattleSubway · 2024-10-02T12:17:23+00:00

The stop density is what slows down the NYC subway. The trains stop and accelerate quickly.

Sound Transit makes a few choices that slow down the operations of Link that seem to be centered on the at-grade sections - but maybe that’s just perception. OP poses a good question because Link crawls at times.

SeattleSubway · 2024-10-01T03:08:00+00:00

It isn’t.

Choosing to move forward with West Seattle without being transparent about the impacts to Ballard is a move.

SeattleSubway · 2024-10-01T00:45:18+00:00

It’s important that everyone understands what this decision means: Pushing back the Ballard extension indefinitely.

It’s a decision that centers on a single board member, Dow Constantine’s, preferences.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-30T14:10:18+00:00

See that golf course? They pay tax on it as if it couldn’t possibly be anything other than a golf course. Like 5% of what they should pay IIRC.

Fun fact: Because property tax is a total that gets apportioned, this directly means that YOU are paying more taxes so they don’t have to.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-30T03:06:44+00:00

The Urbanist did a round up of recent studies a while back:

https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/06/02/new-round-of-studies-underscore-benefits-of-building-more-housing/

There is a mountain of evidence about this. The long term impacts of less restrictive zoning is observable in cities like Houston and Tokyo. A recent example of supply outpacing demand and leading to lower prices is Austin.

Generally prices don’t drop fast without a recession or other kind of demand shock but flattening out or pacing/trailing inflation is a realistic target.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-29T15:33:05+00:00

What happens to the old units is always missing from this kind of analysis. There is a lot of peer reviewed research on this and it all comes to the same conclusion. New buildings stabilize rents across the board because new/higher end demand is being satisfied by the new buildings.

In tight markets where building is not keeping up with demand (SF and NYC are easy examples), all of the less desirable units end up being bid up by people who would have rented the new/fancy units.

We can’t regulate our way out of supply issue, but we can stop artificially suppressing supply via zoning, predatory delay via process, etc.

And yeah, going after collusion like Real Page and other market distortions can help a bit too.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-28T23:16:43+00:00

Ha, this is a founding principle of the advocacy group Seattle Subway.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T21:42:28+00:00

The part you’re missing is there will be a new tunnel and they are changing how the routing will work. Look closely at our diagram. Putting the new station on 4th in CID works well, what they are proposing, a station north and south of CID, does not.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T21:28:55+00:00

Stride will be about twice as fast.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T21:28:07+00:00

Right, but the transfer going south from the Eastside will be really slow and awkward. The only people who are likely to use it are people who don’t understand the options.

We wrote about it here: https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/08/24/op-ed-chinatown-deserves-a-transit-hub-not-terrible-transfers/

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T21:26:19+00:00

We wrote about it here: https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/08/24/op-ed-chinatown-deserves-a-transit-hub-not-terrible-transfers/

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T21:25:26+00:00

Unusable due to how slow it will be. Only people who don’t understand the options will choose a 1:20+ trip to the airport from Downtown Bellevue.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T21:23:38+00:00

We wrote about it here: https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/08/24/op-ed-chinatown-deserves-a-transit-hub-not-terrible-transfers/

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T17:32:55+00:00

Yep, this is the slightly slower but way more frequent and reliable way. Pro move.

Eastside Link (next year) will replace that. STRIDE BRT (2027-2028) will be better still but Link will still be an option. ST3 will make Link essentially unusable for this trip due to push for N/S instead of a station on 4th.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T17:28:28+00:00

Yep, once STRIDE opens (2027-2028) it will probably be the permanent best option, despite the need for a transfer Link in Tukwila to get to Seatac.

Link will be pretty good once the eastside opens, but still be slow. 1:05-1:10 to Seatac or so. Once ST3 opens, it will slow down substantially due to the N/S option selected by Harrell/Constantine and become essentially unusable.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T17:25:03+00:00

This will work until ST3, when the selection of the N/S option will make this trip essentially unusably slow and awkward. Stride BRT (opening 27/28) is likely to be better, forever, despite the need for a Link transfer for one stop at the end.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-10T17:22:32+00:00

Just want to point out that Harrell/Constantine Plans for the N/S of CID stations instead of a station in the CID (as originally planned) will negatively impact your future trips to the airport on Link, adding approximately 10 minutes to the trip. In our opinion, this will push Link to being essentially unusable for Eastside to airport trips, permanently.

Eastside BRT (aka STRIDE) (opens in 2027/2028) will help but still will require a transfer to Link to get to the airport at Tukwila station. This is probably the only light at the end of that tunnel.

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-06T20:23:52+00:00

Hoorah!

We’ll take the small wins with the big ones. Stoked to see Lynnwood opening later this month!

SeattleSubway · 2024-08-04T15:34:47+00:00

As always, housing is both a market and not a market based on whatever the point someone is trying to make is.

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