(I submitted the following in
response to the Seattle Times opinion page request for 150-word recommendations
for Mayor Durkan. I decided to
post it since they will likely ignore it)
Mayor Durkan
The top issue for Mayor Durkan to
address is the affordability of housing in Seattle. A major contributor to the recent increase is buying a
home in Seattle is the only way to avoid the congestion commuters currently
encounter on all the major roadways into the city. The only way to ease that congestion is to provide
more commuters with access to parking near where they can afford to live with public transit
capacity to where they wish to go.
Yet the billions Sound Transit for
will spend on ST3 will provide neither the added parking nor the transit
capacity needed to attract the number of transit riders needed to reduce
congestion. Sound Transit
needs to be “persuaded” to redirect the ST3 funds towards adding thousands of
additional stalls with access to BRT routes along restricted HOV lanes into the
city.
The entire area would benefit of
Mayor Durkan did so.
Bill Hirt
2615 170th SE
Bellevue, WA
98008
425-747-4185
wjhirt2014@gmail.com
P.S. Seattle residents would particularly benefit since current Central Link commuters wouldn't be displaced by those riding extensions and ST3 funds could be used to expedite the Ballard and West Seattle extensions.
P.S. Seattle residents would particularly benefit since current Central Link commuters wouldn't be displaced by those riding extensions and ST3 funds could be used to expedite the Ballard and West Seattle extensions.
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