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Op-Ed: Give Ballard a Sounder Stop While It Waits for Light Rail
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CombatWombat feddit.online CombatWombat@feddit.online
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With Sound Transit's failure to deliver light rail to Ballard by 2035 as originally promised, now is the moment for Sound Transit and Seattle to build a no-frills, quick-build station near the Ballard Locks to connect people to Sounder commuter rail service that’s already up and running.

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CombatWombat Moderator CombatWombat@feddit.online
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I try to be generally pleasant online so I will not try to explain how angry I am that Sound Transit delivers the most transit to the least interested parts of the county

From Downtown Seattle to the next closest stations, Seattleites have to travel over 10 miles in either direction, while residents in Pierce and Snohomish Counties were provided station access every 3-7 miles along the majority of the route. This practice of ignoring the densest parts of the Sounder network - where boardings and alightings (getting on and getting off) the train would be strongest – does not align with best practice nor Sound Transit’s own missions statements for equity, sustainability or efficiency.

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