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Kent pushes multimodal streets and transit improvements; senator's office announced $80 million for RapidRide I expansion
Summary
The mayor outlined city efforts to redesign Meeker and other corridors for multimodal travel, cited a transportation master plan and said Senator Murray's office announced an $80 million federal grant to expand RapidRide service that will affect Kent.
Mayor Dana Ralph said Kent is shifting transportation priorities toward multimodal corridors and safety as part of the city's Transportation Master Plan.
Ralph highlighted the "Meet Me on Meeker" initiative to reimagine Meeker Avenue as a multimodal urban street and said city-adopted design standards (2018) and more than $23 million in state and federal funding to date support that work. She framed the effort as part of a wider move away from vehicle-first design toward complete…
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