Citizens Assess SLUT Service

The results are in from the feedback forums on the extension of the South Lake Union "streetcar" to the University District, Central District, Fremont/Ballard, and Capitol Hill/First Hill.

Road width and traffic disruption seem to be the most common concern. Many questions asked for very specific routes—indicating that some attendees wanted to cater their own commute.

But possibly the most important questions are:

1) How does a streetcar compare to other modes of transit (e.g., buses, electric trolleys, rail in exclusive right of way)?
2) How will a streetcar affect the zoning around stations?
3) How can we integrate the system to avoid redundancy?

This comes courtesy of Ann Donovan from capitolhillnews, via James Kelly of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle.

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