Yesterday King County announced a new, 232-unit affordable housing project next to the new Northgate light rail station.
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City and county officials discussing options for Transportation Benefit Districts
Seattle and King County officials have been discussing among themselves whether it would be preferable to renew the Seattle Transportation Benefit District funding in a fall ballot measure, or to propose a county-wide transportation benefit district in August instead.
Continue readingNorthgate TOD project bogs down, and Juarez fumes
At the beginning of June, King County cancelled its pending RFP for a “transit-oriented development” (TOD) affordable-housing project on county-owned property next to the forthcoming Northgate light-rail station, and said that it would be starting over with the process. Council member Debora Juarez, whose District 5 includes Northgate, is fed up with the delays on the project, and she and other city leaders are giving King County Executive Dow Constantine an earful.
Continue readingMetro and Sound Transit roll out summer youth fares, youth ORCA cards
This afternoon, King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle City Council member Rob Johnson (who also serves on the Sound Transit board) announced reduced summer fares on Metro buses and Sound Transit trains and buses for all youth in King County between the ages of 6 and 18.
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