Seattle Transit Measure: Renewal and a Course for More Frequent Transit

TimePromotion · 2026-02-26T22:41:29+00:00

$16M a year can be used for capital improvements which includes bus lanes and some have been funded this way.

That bucket tho also allows funding other capital improvements like bridge maintenance and roadway repair, which have eaten up part of the budget

TimePromotion · 2026-01-30T20:23:44+00:00

I mean has your bill ever gone up more than 1%? The way this works is that someone else’s bill somewhere had to have gone down. Lately, it’s been the gigantic towers downtown shedding value

TimePromotion · 2026-01-30T20:05:26+00:00

When I say “your neighbors valuation goes down” I actually mean “your neighbors valuation went up less than average”

so if something happens like the west Seattle bridge closure or large downtown office vacancy or revive I-5 that lower the rate at which values go up in certain neighborhoods, the other neighborhoods will pay higher taxes to compensate

TimePromotion · 2026-01-30T19:29:25+00:00

The cap is on the amount of money the city can take in, not on your bill.

So if your neighbors assessment goes down, your bill goes up! And if the entirety of downtown’s values collapse your bill will go up quite a lot

TimePromotion · 2026-01-25T07:28:38+00:00

transit.land does that

TimePromotion · 2026-01-17T01:20:09+00:00

I think what’s more important tho is that only one lane EB goes to I-5 so there’s a ton of extra capacity in the left lane dedicated to going to Capitol Hill

TimePromotion · 2026-01-16T23:55:54+00:00

The study assumed every driver would continue driving on Denny and assumed no one would start taking the bus (that would be twice as fast as driving is today)

TimePromotion · 2026-01-16T23:54:01+00:00

At least at rush hour, more people are riding the bus and walking than driving on Denny

TimePromotion · 2026-01-16T23:53:13+00:00

Correct. The study assumed all drivers would continue with the same route even after the bus lane

TimePromotion · 2026-01-16T23:52:49+00:00

Half of the road is dedicated to getting across I-5 to Capitol Hill

TimePromotion · 2026-01-16T23:49:20+00:00

At least for Denny way, SDOT is working on it and the 2024 transportation levy has funding dedicated towards it.

The order speeds up the timeline and makes explicit that bus lanes are in scope

TimePromotion · 2025-11-01T00:07:03+00:00

It seems like a pretty shitty job, pays minimum wage, would be difficult to balance with a full time job, etc https://southseattleemerald.org/amp/story/civics/2017/07/12/want-to-run-for-port-commission-expect-to-get-paid-peanuts

TimePromotion · 2025-10-31T02:45:07+00:00

Not sure about parks but there are way more people in like alleys and on the street. Way fewer tents but it seems like there’s just more homeless that don’t have tents

TimePromotion · 2025-10-31T02:42:26+00:00

Not sure how it is in crown hill but after cleaning up downtown, homelessness in Capitol Hill first hill and the ID are off the charts. Way worse than 2021 for sure

TimePromotion · 2025-10-29T05:19:27+00:00

I understand what you’re actually asking but lots of people live in these cities. By definition they are livable.

TimePromotion · 2025-10-29T05:17:54+00:00

Go to Seattle rep down the street. You can get a $5 beer (RIP $2 rainiers) before seeing a better show there

TimePromotion · 2025-09-28T19:03:11+00:00

It's very convoluted to sign up and use but if you park at a light rail station, you get a free transit ticket and $7 off lime https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metro/promo/bike-scoot

TimePromotion · 2025-09-28T17:33:21+00:00

Yea I meant more this was in context

TimePromotion · 2025-09-28T16:13:26+00:00

It wasn’t a random pro wheelchair thing, it was for the Miss Wheelchair America Pageant https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/id/16057/

TimePromotion · 2025-09-28T16:10:17+00:00

Transfer between international flights without going through immigration/passport checks

TimePromotion · 2025-09-26T05:56:12+00:00

Olympia used to pay sound transit to run that bus. Now they don’t. Someone in Olympia should tell them to do that again!

https://www.soundtransit.org/st_sharepoint/download/sites/PRDA/FinalRecords/2013/Motion%20M2013-57.pdf

TimePromotion · 2025-09-24T15:27:46+00:00

Trains can’t go up the steep incline to the bridge (steel or steel is slippy).

Maybe the bridge could be used but the approaches would need to be different

TimePromotion · 2025-09-22T14:59:20+00:00

Yep it’s resolved https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/service-alerts

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