Auburn

Downtown Auburn, near the Sound Transit garage, is currently being evaluated for TOD. Until recently, the nearest Auburn Metro park-and-ride has been at 101 15th Street NE. The 367-stall, eight-acre lot is located near the Auburn Municipal Airport in a busy commercial district. The Sounder garage, two miles to the south, has 365 stalls for commuters with an additional 113 adjacent surface stalls, for a total of 478 commuter stalls serving Sounder rail, Regional Express, and Metro bus riders.

In the three years the garage has been open, it has steadily attracted more bus and rail riders. By mid-2005, the garage has reached nearly 100 percent capacity and use of the 15th Street Park-and-Ride has steadily declined to approximately 60 percent.

Metro Transit and the King County TOD section are evaluating the feasibility of consolidating all Metro park-and-ride use in Auburn near the downtown garage. Currently, about 200 stalls are being used at the 15th Street lot. A current real estate appraisal of the 15th Street lot for highest and best use is being undertaken along with where in the downtown the replaced stalls might be located. Working with city staff, the TOD team is looking for opportunities for shared- and complementary-use park-and-ride stalls in a mixed-use downtown development.

By the end of 2005, county TOD staff should be able to define the options for a downtown mixed-use development that would include a new park-and-ride along with housing and retail.

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Last update: November 19, 2007