As far as parking goes, it seems to me if you have to DRIVE to the Triangle or the Junction, only then is it a problem. This may be wishful thinking at best, but what if there were 2 streetcar lines? One along California from the Admiral District down past the Morgan Junction and another down 35th from the Triangle to around where 35th meets Roxbury. (Potentially a future line down Delridge all the way to White Center since they want to have it annexed). Maybe a southern connector of all three lines between the Morgan Junction and where Home Depot is on Delridge. A substantial amount of people could leave their cars home and make their way around west Seattle and to the areas where most local business is done. The hub could be where the "Hole Foods" is. The space underneath the hub could be used for potential future light rail expansion to downtown if this ever happens. This eliminates the parking in one clustered area and spreads it out along the entire streetcar line which acts as extended access points for public transit and local business. Greener city, less parking problems (which will always be around in a major metropolitan area to some degree), and a more pedestrian friendly environment. I mean, why not take advantage of the fact that our current mayor is on board with this type of stuff already? California needs repaving pretty badly anyway. And I'm sure you would have no problem convincing the people on "I-35". Anything that would help slow down traffic probably would be met with open arms. Delridge seems like it could use a big revitalization project as well.
I mean, besides the fact there's no money for this kind of thing, how would this be a bad idea?
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