Tag: parking
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Yes, Seattle has a parking problem. There’s way too much of it.
There are half a million on-street parking spaces in Seattle, and almost all of them are completely free to use. That’s 60 million square feet of city land, or 1,378 acres. And that’s not counting all the parking lots, parking garages or home driveways and garages. Sightline estimates that between 10 and 20 percent of…
tagged: alan durning, downtown, king 5, linda byron, mike lindblom, parking, seattle times, sightline -
An early look at two options for a Westlake bikeway + Parking studies show project could be a win-win
After conducting exhaustive parking studies and some preliminary feasibility work, planners have come up with two rough concepts for the Westlake bikeway. The plans are general concepts that planners brought before the Westlake Design Advisory Committee earlier this week to gather feedback and give those involved in the design process information to take back to…
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Council signals plans to reject parking tax, but allow some meter hikes
Of the mayor’s proposed revenue source increases that affect car drivers, the City Council seems set to raise on-street parking rates, though perhaps not on Sundays, and institute a $20 vehicle license fee. The parking rate hike is expected to encourage a target 85 percent occupancy rate on downtown streets, as is the city’s stated…
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Proposed parking increases get cold reception from council
I wrote the following story for Real Change this week. You should buy a copy from your neighborhood vendor if you haven’t already. The mayor’s proposed budget contains a lot of cuts. The budget’s flip side is fee increases, which will be felt all around the city, from utility hikes to increases in cat license…
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It’s unfortunate you all got used to your free parking
Because that should not have happened. It sucks when you get used to a perk, and then it starts to go away. But all that free and cheap parking was just that: a perk. Because the city was paying for it, and the users were not. I think we can all agree that the city…
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Open house in Georgetown tonight to present Ellis/Albro changes
View Larger Map SDOT is holding an open house this evening to show their plans to “complete” a stretch in Georgetown that (nearly) connects Marginal Way and Airport Way. The open house, held from 5-7 at the Old Georgetown City Hall (map), will discuss changes to 0.7 miles of Ellis Ave S and S Albro…
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