Shoreline light rail visioning workshop Thursday Sept 19
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For instance, focusing on the 145th Street station, which the politicians and staff are aggressively pushing:
How are pedestrians, especially those in wheelchairs, going to get across the overpass over I-5 at 145th given how narrow it is today, or will this access be limited to the northeast quadrant?
How are bicyclists going to get to the station safely from the west, or will this access be limited to the northeast quadrant?
How are motorists – and the buses – going to get past the >30,000 vehicles per day that bunch up between 5th NE and 15th NE from the east and the >25,000 that are traveling east? What is the projected traffic volume for 2023?
Will anybody use the 145th Street exit to get to the prospective 130th station instead, and how will that traffic be mitigated?
Why would Metro use 145th for all-day service when, outside of the off-direction Metro #347, they avoid doing so today?
How can Metro and Sound Transit planners accurately know what their route networks will be 10 years from now when they don’t know what economic, funding, and ridership conditions will be then, particularly since most of those projecting will either be retired or in a different job? And, Metro is about to cut the equivalent of the entire bus system to the immediate north.
Why are motorists driving from, as some politicians expect, Woodinville and Kenmore, when they have frequent all-day bus service? If they're right, where are they going to park when there is only a 500 parking-space garage in the plan? Is Shoreline going to impose neighborhood parking restrictions and hire parking enforcement officers – and buy and maintain equipment – to enforce any parking restrictions?
For all of the above, where is the money coming from given our financially-challenged environment? What if the money doesn't flow, what would the priorities be?
Will the city of Shoreline buy 145th from the other owners (WSDOT, King County, and Seattle), how much is this expected to cost, and where is that money coming from? Where is the money coming from to maintain the street if they succeed, and how much will this cost the average Shoreline taxpayer?
If successful in buying 145th from the other owners, how is the city of Shoreline going to proceed to rebuild 5 miles of that street (Greenwood to Lake City Way) in <10 years when the 3 miles of Aurora looks to be taking at least 18 years to finish? How is the traffic going to be mitigated? How much is this going to cost the average Shoreline taxpayer?
What developments and destinations does Shoreline expect in the northeast and northwest corners of this station, since the other two corners are: (1) in Seattle city limits; and (2) a privately-owned school and public golf course, i.e. off limits to development?
Why are the city council – and city – being secretive about their intentions, in essence saying “trust us,” when most of those folks won’t be in the same job or office 10 years from now?
Why does it make sense to have a station at 145th if there’s also a station at 130th, just 3/4ths of a mile away???
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