Puget Sound Growth, Transit, and Affordability
At Swift Company we’re interested and invested in understanding our role as landscape architects within the broad web of our environments. A recent article in Post Alley by Fred Jarrett, “Housing Affordability: Sound Transit’s Hidden Costs,” examines the history of growth in the Puget Sound area, the regional planning that led to the creation of Sound Transit, and offers some insights into the challenges to housing affordability, feeder infrastructure, and local public spaces. The insertion of light rail systems into regions and cities is complex, as it does not end at the transportation investment. There are substantial urban planning/zoning implications which beg for additional attention and investment from the region. Swift Company embraces the challenge with a focus on supporting this investment through serving communities and providing high quality spaces for people. We recommend you read it!