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, , ) • 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: , 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]