Recent Articles:
U DISTRICT MOBILITY GROUP HOSTS STATION ACCESS TOUR - 9/7/2017
|
by Drew Dresman, Guest Contributor in the Urbanist
Sound Transit’s construction of Northlink is on track to extend light rail to the north end of Seattle by 2021. After decades of failed attempts and hard work, we will finally have a fast, reliable rail line connecting North and South Seattle. Unfortunately, major questions have been left unanswered as to how people will be able to safely and easily access our future light rail stations and nowhere is this oversight more glaring than in the U District. Read more... |
The Urbanist
|
U District Mobility Council plans for the arrival of the light rail - 10/3/2017
|
by Molly Quinton, The Daily of UW
A small crowd gathered outside the UW Tower on a breezy September afternoon as representatives from the U District Mobility Council passed out pamphlets detailing the day’s agenda. Cory Crocker, the president of U-District Advocates, spoke eagerly to the crowd detailing how the new station was going to change the U-District as we know it, and titters of excitement went through the crowd. Everyone get excited for the new station. In 2021. Read more... |
The Daily
|
Community rallies in support of more pedestrian friendly U-District - 4/5/2018
|
by Samantha Bushman, The Daily of UW
The U-District Mobility Group held the second of three community gatherings Tuesday night to workshop concerns about transportation development surrounding the in-progress U-District Link light rail station. In attendance were representatives from the UW, Sound Transit, Seattle Metro, as well as other concerned local groups and individuals. Read more... |
The Daily
|
U District is planning for more people moving around the neighborhood - 10/15/2018
|
By Michelle Baruchman, The Seattle Times
A U District community group created a detailed transportation plan in hopes of avoiding what it says are shortcomings in the transit connections for riders at the University of Washington light-rail station at Husky Stadium. Read more... |
The Seattle Times
|
Should some streets only be for pedestrians? - 10/15/2018
|
By Joshua McNichols, KUOW
Seattle's University District has four of the city's most dangerous intersections. More than 100,000 cars, bikes, buses and people all squeeze through the neighborhood's crowded arterials every day. When the U-District light rail station opens in 2021, things will get even busier. But a group of neighborhood stakeholders has a plan to make things flow better. Read more... |
KUOW
|
U District Community Devised a Plan for its Future Stop - 10/15/2018
|
By Michelle Baruchman, The Seattle Times
A U District community group created a detailed transportation plan in hopes of avoiding what it says are shortcomings in the transit connections for riders at the University of Washington light-rail station at Husky Stadium. Even before the light-rail station opened at Husky Stadium in 2016, Cory Crocker worried about the distance passengers would have to walk between the bus stops and the trains. Read more... |
The Seattle Times
|
U District Mobility Plan Would Pedestrianize the Ave and NE 43rd St - 10/31/2018
|
By Stephen Fesler, The Urbanist
Earlier this month, the U District Mobility Group released a station area mobility plan detailing short-, mid-, and long-term strategies to change how people navigate the neighborhood core as it grows. The long-term strategy identifies several ambitious changes, such as pedestrianizing University Way NE (“The Ave”) and NE 43rd St, operating buses on Brooklyn Ave NE, and deploying targeted bike and pedestrian improvements to nearby streets. Read more... |
The Urbanist
|
Which NE 43rd St concept do you like best for U District Station access? - 8/15/2019
|
By Tom Fucoloro, Seattle Bike Blog
U District Station is going to change everything about the neighborhood when it begins operating in 2021, and the streets should reflect that. Located at Brooklyn Ave and NE 43rd Street, the main station entrance should be supported by streets that reflect the walking, biking and transit focus needed to help it succeed and thrive. Read more... |
|