Station Area Planning
What is Station Area Planning?
Station Area Planning provides a vision for how neighborhoods close to planned light rail stations will look in the future. The area plan will guide future project implementation and aims to:
- Address public space
- Guide community growth and development
- Express community character and history
- Provide safer environments and improve connections for people walking, biking, driving, and taking transit.
What's Happening Now?
We are working on efforts for Graham Street Station. We will soon share information about our planning projects for Delridge Station and Alaska Junction/Avalon stations. Plans for stations along the Ballard Link Extension will start after station locations are finalized in 2026.
Visit the Department of Transportation's Light Rail Expansion page to learn more about the City's partnership with Sound Transit.
Creating a Shared Vision
This planning process will create a shared vision for neighborhoods, develop action plans that identify priority issues and opportunities, and align future investments to achieve the vision. We are building on what we have heard from community members, project partners and past plans, asking how we can refine and guide this vision to implementation.
Your feedback informs the plan, creating future station areas that reflect the concerns and considerations of the existing community. We will partner with community to articulate a vision for growth for future generations, identify a wide range of strategies and investments that support changes to come and livability around future light rail stations, and confirm the plan reflects existing and future residents’ priorities.
Current examples of our station area and neighborhood plans: