The Walk Is Just a Week Away!

• There's plenty of free parking in the Frye Commerce Center lot behind Ounces.
• The walk is one mile. Part of it is uphill, so wear good walking shoes.
• We expect the walk to take about 1 1/2 hours.
• If you don't want to walk back downhill from Pecos Pit to your car, you can catch the Metro 50 bus at Avalon and 35th, and ride back down to Delridge. The bus route is shown below.

Stops Along the Way

Here's some of what you can expect when you take The Walk.

• You will pass businesses likely to be demolished or affected adversely in some way.
• There will be explanations of the environmental impacts on Pigeon Point, the Duwamish Greenbelt, and Longfellow Creek.
• The Walk will pass where we THINK the route and Delridge Station will go. Walkers will be able to get an idea of the scale of the structure.
• You'll cross Avalon Way and look back to see where the proposed route will weave its way through the various Transitional Resources buildings.
• At the top of the hill, you'll see where the proposed route transitions from an elevated track, to tracks at grade, into a "retained cut."
• You'll also get a general idea of where the Avalon Station will be, if it remains part of the plan.

Knowledgable speakers are joining us for The Walk

They include:

• Conrad Cipoletti is a car-free West Seattleite, and advocate for smarter transportation options.
• Alan McMurray is a West Seattle resident who has walked this route daily on his way to work in SODO since 2018 (except when working from home during the pandemic.)
• Sharon Price is a long time Pigeon Point resident and advocate for green space and habitat preservation in her neighborhood.
• Martin Pagel grew up in Germany using many forms of public transit. He is passionate about how public transportation infrastructure can reduce traffic congestion, climate impact, and housing cost by improving mobility.
• Willard Brown led the wetlands restoration project for Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA).

All have studied Sound Transit's plans in detail, attended public hearings, and/or submitted comments throughout the planning process.

Help Spread the Word about the No Build Alternative

There are a lot of misconceptions about what No Build means. No Build is simply one of the many alternatives presented in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that Sound Transit released in early 2022. As of today, all of those alternatives are still on the table. No final decisions have been made.

The No Build Alternative does not need another vote of the people. Nor does it need further study. Sound Transit already studied this alternative and published their findings in the DEIS. The article linked below summarizes the differences between Build and No Build Alternatives with data taken from the DEIS. Please read and share it with others.

Sound Transit Presents an Excellent Case for the No Build Alternative

Ways You Can Help

• Collect email addresses for our mailing list as people gather at Ounces before the walk begins. We will provide you with signup sheets and pens. We'll direct people to you to sign up.
• We want to document this event. We need people who will take photos, perhaps do short video clips of speakers, and do Instagram posts.
• Please consider posting images of the the invitation and the event itself on your social media accounts. Those posts will extend our reach into the community.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email us.

Please share this newsletter,

and invite your friends and neighbors to take the walk with you!

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People past and present, and honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe.