West Seattle Light Rail Station Area Street Concept Plan
October 2024
What's Happening Now?
We have adopted our West Seattle Light Rail Station Area Street Concept Plan! Thank you to everyone who provided input.
West Seattle Light Rail Station Area Street Concept Plan
The West Seattle Station Area Street Concept Plan provides a vision and design for how the streets around the planned light rail stations will look in the future. The concept plan will guide future project implementation and aims to expand public space, express community character and history, provide safer environments for people moving through the neighborhoods around the future light rail stations, and improve connections for people walking, biking, and taking transit.
Street Concept Plans
Street concept plans provide a vision and design for how a street will look in the future. Typically, these are jointly created by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD). Street concept plans are typically implemented in contexts where we or the community feel that it is important to go above our typical street standards. They provide an opportunity to guide development and create:
- Expanded public space
- Expressions of community character and history
- Safer environments for people moving through these neighborhoods
- Better connections for people walking, biking, and taking transit
The concept plan aligns with the modal networks identified in the Seattle Transportation Plan, Vision Zero principles, and takes into consideration past neighborhood planning efforts. To learn more about how SDOT uses Street Concept Plans, visit our Street Concept Plan page within SDOT’s Seattle Streets Illustrated.
We Heard Your Input
The City worked with Sound Transit and community members to develop the street concept plan over several years. We’ve gathered community input through online surveys, open houses, and stakeholder conversations. Most recently, in March and June 2024, we shared street designs and heard feedback that refined our proposed design at each station area; this input is reflected in our draft plan.
Across the station areas, we heard that people wanted us to make intersections safer, add more greenery and trees, and provide structures for shade or cover from the rain. We also heard that people wanted us to reduce conflicts between vehicles and people walking and biking, and that it was important that we maintain access to businesses.
Visit the Sound Transit website for more details on station areas and entrances.