Gordon Werner
Gordon is a native New Yorker who wisely chose to leave the Northeast in the early 1990s. A past resident of Belltown, and Queen Anne, he currently calls First Hill home. He is a board member of the First Hill Improvement Association (FHIA) as well as the FHIA Transportation Committee Chair and is constantly looking for ways to improve transportation up the hill.
Sound Transit released this month's construction update for the University Link light rail extension, which is now over 90% complete! This is up from our last update in September when the project was only 87.2% complete. The University Link project remains ahead of schedule and under budget, and will be opening...
Traffic bound for Interstate 5, especially during rush hour, has long plagued transit riders heading from Downtown Seattle to First Hill and points east. Thanks to the passage of Proposition 1, which increased transit funding within the city of Seattle, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has finally revived their...
The folks at the Seattle Depart of Transportation released an online public survey yesterday to gain public input on the Madison BRT project which will connect the Downtown Seattle Waterfront with First Hill and Madison Valley. (We previously covered this project back in November.) This survey primarily concerns the...
First Hill Public Realm Action Plan Open House
When
Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 5 – 7pm
Where
Town Hall
1119 8th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
What
First Hill’s growing residential population, cultural institutions, and influx of workers warrants high quality public spaces that meet mobility and recreational needs. The current First Hill neighborhood plan (from 1998) recognizes...
Connecting parks & public space to enhance mobility & livability in First Hill
The City of Seattle will be holding an open house to discuss the First Hill Public Realm Action Plan on January 7th, 2015 at Town Hall from 5-7pm. Details are available here.
First Hill is one of the...
'Twere the weeks around Christmas, when all through the Sound
Local transit service reductions, could plenty be found;
The University's closure will reduce service even more,
Leaving those unprepared with a commute that's a chore;
Now! King County, now! Metro, now! Sound Transit and Everett,
On! Pierce County, on! Community Transit, on! Washington State...
This past Wednesday and Thursday (November 19th & 20th) Seattle's Department of Transportation (SDOT) and their consultants from NelsonNygaard held a number of neighborhood workshops as part of their public outreach for the Madison BRT project.
The workshops were divided into the Madison/12th Avenue neighborhood, First Hill Neighborhood, and the...
All downtown tunnel stations and Central Link Light Rail stations will be closed on Saturday, November 15th. King County Metro will be operating replacement bus service on the surface streets.
All regular bus service that normally operates in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT) will instead operate on designated surface street...