01-29-2016, 01:05 AM
(01-28-2016, 04:51 PM)Markster Wrote: I think part of what's just going to happen is that McCormick will be slightly less desirable for students, and after a few years, you'll see some of the buildings become less student focused. Back in 2004, before the iXpress and before the #9 extension to UW, the people who moved up there either had a car, or were willing to do the walk down the Laurel Trail.
(01-28-2016, 07:48 PM)MidTowner Wrote: And that's exactly what is going to happen with McCormick. It's popular with students right now because of the iXpress stop, but without that it will naturally become less so except for folks willing to walk. I can't see what rerouting of the 9 would happen to serve it nearly as well as it is served now (I want to see a Weber express because it would be truly fast, but a lot less so with the detour chutten describes above). I think that residency choices will just change, and there's no population who can do that faster than students.
Yeah, I agree with this. With the massive amount of housing being built in the university district, my understanding is that these more outlying areas are returning back to non-student use. That'll continue, and the student population will shift to where the transit is pretty quickly.