YIMBY News for 3/21

[Eric Budd]

Study: How Ambiguous Definition of ‘Major Transit Stop’ Creates Wiggle Room for Municipalities

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.78. bus rapid transit, bus stop, development, housing, rent, transportation

New research and story maps from UCLA’s Institute of Transportation Studies pose an interesting—and potentially useful—hypothetical question: how does California define the area of a transit stop? According to the research, every municipality and regional planning organization maps a transit stop only as the small, physical location where one boards or gets off a bus, train, or ferry. Because state law provides development incentives for housing built within a quarter-mile or half-mile of a “major transit stop,” the researchers argue using a broader definition of where the stops themselves beg

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King County Breaks Ground on RapidRide I, Bridging Renton and Auburn

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.45. bus rapid transit, bus stop, construction, downtown, project, rent, transportation, urban

[image: King County Breaks Ground on RapidRide I, Bridging Renton and Auburn] King County leaders along with officials from Renton, Kent, and Auburn put shovels in the ground Thursday to signal the start of construction on the RapidRide I Line, the first new bus rapid transit project in South King County in more than a decade. A major upgrade for the existing Route 160 bus, the I Line will beef up a high-use north-south corridor and connect riders with major transit hubs in Renton, Kent, and Auburn. In addition to providing a direct connection to the Sounder S Line at Kent and Auburn Stations,

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