Merchants say they canβt get reestablished for the meager payments Sound Transit plans to dole out if it builds a proposed light rail spur, which would open in the 2030s.
The shutdown will help Sound Transit install new signals where trains will switch between Seattle tracks and a future light rail segment over Lake Washington.
The stall, forcing people to wait 30 minutes between trains, comes on the heels of major blockages in August and September, reducing North Seattle service.
UW Station has been the site of three light rail stalls in recent weeks, and now a 10 mph speed limit, to avoid aggravating overhead power-wire damage.
SDOT changes the rates three times per year. The goal is to price the spaces high (or low) enough so there are usually one or two open slots per block.
Seattle is hustling to finish the final 11 bridge renovations promised in the 2015-24 levy β just as ballots are about to go out for a new $1.55 billion levy.