Growing Transit Communities Monitoring Update Regional TOD Advisory Committee ● June 21, 2019 Growing Transit Communities Strategy
Timeline • 2011 – GTC Existing Conditions Reports • 2017 – GTC Monitoring Update • 2019 – Update select data points from 2017 monitoring Key Findings
Transit communities continue to grow
Population, jobs, and housing growth is occurring faster in transit communities than the region as a whole The regional transit network is expanding
2010 Network + Additions made 2011–2018 • LINK and Sounder • BRT (RapidRide, Swift) • Fast Ferry to Bremerton, Kingston • First Hill Streetcar Investments 2019 – 2025 • BRT (RapidRide, Swift, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit) • Fast Ferry to Southworth • LINK (East LINK, Lynnwood, Federal Way, Tacoma) Investments 2025 – 2041 • BRT (RapidRide, Swift, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit) • LINK (Everett, Tacoma, Issaquah, Kirkland) • Sounder Updated stations
• Sound Move, ST2, ST3 Poulsbo • Sounder • Ferry
Silverdale • Streetcar • LINK • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Port Orchard 99 study areas Population Growth
From 2017 to 2018, more than 20% of regional population growth occurred in stations Population Growth
400,000 Station areas are 390,000 growing twice as fast as the region 380,000 as a whole 370,000 381,000 395,000
360,000
350,000 2017 2018 Where is population growth going? 26%
• Existing population centers are growing: Seattle, East King County, Downtown Tacoma
• Population increasing in areas with recent and anticipated transit expansions: 143% Burien, Kent, Lynnwood, Bremerton, Bothell Employment Growth
In 2017, more than 40% of regional job growth occurred in stations. Employment Growth
Jobs in 600,000 stations grew faster than the 590,000 region as a whole 580,000
570,000 573,000 598,000 560,000
550,000 2016 2017 Where is employment growth going?
• Traditional job centers growing: Seattle, East King County
• Growth in South King County and Tacoma: SeaTac, Tukwila, Tacoma LINK Housing Growth
From 2015 to 2016, nearly 30% of permitted and built housing units were issued in stations Residential Permits
From 2015 to 200,000 2016, housing 195,000 units in station 190,000 areas grew by close to 4% 185,000 180,000
175,000 170,000 191,000 198,000 165,000
160,000
155,000
150,000 2015 2016 Where is new housing going?
97% • Stations in Seattle accounts for majority of new housing units: 5,900 of 7,000 new - Steady growth in South Lake Union, First Hill, units in Capitol Hill Seattle - Uptick in growth in North Seattle
38% • Significant growth in Bothell and Downtown Bellevue Thank you
Ben Kahn, Assistant Planner [email protected]