Thanks to newly revealed cost-saving measures, the cost to bring rail to Alaska Junction is now just $700 million to $1.1 billion over the amount baked into Sound Transit's financial plan, a major change compared to where things stood just 18 months ago.
I have mixed feelings about this. I’m a public transit maximalist, but I’m also old enough to feel like any progress is still progress. The loss of the Avalon station sucks but I’d be ok with it if the bus lines that run 35th got a big old makeover with bus additions, which looks to be the offer.