Lynnwood City Center’s Growth Aspirations Hinge on Two Slow-Moving Megaprojects
Builders have nearly 3,000 homes in the works near Lynnwood’s freshly opened light rail station. But more than half hang on two massive projects that are in limbo.
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Lynnwood Link Opens to Huge Crowds and Night Markets
Lynnwood Link opened on Friday and the excitement was high among riders and dignitaries, alike.
Sneak Peek Tour of Lynnwood City Center Station
Ahead of Friday’s launch of the northward light rail extension, take a tour of the Lynnwood City Center Station.
Orange Line Is an Early Hit, Community Transit Plans Further Expansion
The Swift Orange Line bus rapid transit route debuted in March and will connect to Lynnwood Link light rail when it opens in September. Already Community Transit saw a 23% ridership bump in its first month of service.
Lynnwood Avoids Defunding Transportation Department with Mayoral Veto and Failed Override
By close vote Monday, the Lynnwood City Council failed to override Mayor Christine Frizzell’s veto of a bill repealing a $40 car tab fee, which funds city streets. Mayor Frizzell issued her veto of the car tab ordinance at a October 31st meeting arguing the streets are a top
Lynnwood Votes to Streamline Additional Housing in City Center, Avoiding Reactionary Backslide
On Monday night, the Lynnwood City Council voted to continue permitting new housing units and office space in its City Center neighborhood, immediately adjacent to the coming Sound Transit light rail station, under a streamlined environmental review. The vote represents an endorsement of the city’s longstanding plan for dense
Lynnwood Considers Toothless Complete Streets Ordinance
A relative flood of new grant opportunities for tribes, cities, towns and counties is on its way as a result of the passage of the Move Ahead Washington state transportation package this spring. One program that will see a boost is the Complete Streets grant program. In order to qualify
Is Lynnwood Headed for a Housing Backlash?
Sound Transit plans to open Lynnwood Link in 2024, but the Lynnwood City Council is already signaling some hesitancy about transit-oriented development near the city’s light rail station, potentially hampering long-laid plans. The northern terminus of both the Link 1 Line to Federal Way and the 2 Line to
Lynnwood’s City Center: Transforming Strip Malls into a Dense Urban Neighborhood
Like many suburban American cities that saw major growth in the second half of the 20th century, Lynnwood lacks a defined central commercial area. Businesses are grouped instead as strip malls along busy thoroughfares like 196th Street SW and Alderwood Mall Boulevard, which is a frontage road for Interstate 5.
Planting Seeds for a City Center in Lynnwood
When we warned of a stroad growing in Lynnwood due to highway widening plans, it cast a negative light on Lynnwood’s plans to develop a city center near its coming light rail station, due to open in 2023. Nonetheless, Lynnwood’s plan for its city center is still exciting.
A Stroad Grows in Lynnwood: 196th St SW
Lynnwood is on a path toward disaster with its latest stroad designs for 196th St SW, a road bisecting the city’s regional growth center near the Lynnwood Transit Center (also future terminus of light rail in 2023). 196th St SW is a primary arterial street linking together the communities