Wednesday, July 2, 2008

University Village Proposes 25% Expansion

While commenting on the nearly-3X expansion/rezone proposal from the Hospital as part of the EIS process, you may wish to consider another nearby proposal that will strongly impact transportation corridors. From the May 8th Seattle PI: Seattle's University Village plans big expansion:

"Plans call for about 25 percent more retail space at the upscale open-air Seattle shopping center, and a similar increase in the number of parking stalls.
...When all the work is done, the plans say, the number of parking spaces would increase about 28 percent, from 1,938 to 2,474."
It isn't a stretch to imagine that a 28% increase in parking stalls will produce a 28% increase in car trips to this location, along the same arterials used by Hospital traffic.