u/Kamekazee2020

Public Service Announcement: Saw Sound Transit parking enforcement going around ticketing people parked illegally in the Lynnwood Transit Center HoV Permit Area. A ton of people driving solo were parking there. It's not worth getting ticketed over. Maybe they'll start towing cars too.

There's a paid parking lot across the street that's $3 for the day. Just go park there instead of driving through all 4 floors wasting time finding non-existent parking, or parking illegally in the HoV Permit Area.

I remember when the Lynnwood transit center opened 2 years ago. It was fairly barren and unimpressive. Over the last couple of years, the landscape has started shining through. Lighting is also great and the station looks fantastic at night as well. Looking forward to the farmer's market there next year.

Now if only we could have actual walkable spaces nearby (and maybe the Northline Village?), but ah well. Kudos to everyone involved with the transit center!

Saw this design for the Poplar Bridge in Lynnwood. Have these designers actually used a bike? Nobody wants to ride a bike right next to speeding cars and trucks.

I personally use the side walk and slowly bike rather than get on the road cause there is no barrier between me and the speeding cars. Why not just make large shared use paths for both pedestrians and bikes or build barriers between the bike and car lanes? The 44th Ave Project has the right idea and they are building 12 feet shared use paths instead.

The current plan for Poplar Bridge 5 feet bike lanes is just dangerous and wasteful, and gives the illusion of pro-bike/pedestrian infrastructure. We can do better.

Can any of the urban planning designers chime in on this? Why do we keep seeing these unhelpful painted bike lanes everywhere instead of shared side walks or barrier protected bike lanes that will actually be used?

I took CS-7641 Intro to ML this summer semester despite a long list of concerning reviews from previous semesters. However, this was an exceptional course, very well run, and almost on par with GIOS (if not for the recorded lecture quality).

The quizzes were well designed, tested your knowledge but also facilitated learning since you could take it multiple times and improve on your grade by studying what you got wrong. The assignments were time consuming, but they helped in understand concepts well. Allowing AI meant one could leverage AI for some of the (boring) code writing process in the assignments while still thinking for oneself. The exam was tricky, and I am mildly annoyed that I'll never find out what I got wrong. The instructor (Prof TJ) and the TAs were very responsive on Ed, and overall fostered a culture of learning.

The only thing I did not enjoy were the report discussion assignments since way too many people were clearly using AI to write their posts, and it just felt a bit weird responding to AI. I'm concerned for a world where people can't even write a paragraph on their own without running it by an LLM.

Overall, the course has been improved significantly compared to prior years (at least based on comparisons with the previous reviews). I'd recommend y'all take it if you haven't.

Alderwood Manor (near Heritage Park Lynnwood) is a really solid location between I-5 and 405 and super close to the light rail. Should be an ideal area for new construction, especially with Salish Middle School opening there and it being a part of the highly rated Mountlake Terrace High School. Poplar Bridge should improve access to Alderwood Mall and the 2037 light rail station too.

Why aren't more builders interested in tearing down old 1500 square feet 50 year old homes on 8000 square feet lots and building newer homes? I see plenty of homes meeting this criteria near Hazelwood Elementary. A similar thing happened near Hilltop on the other side of 405 in the last 10-15 years.

Seems odd they would rather go all the way to Martha Lake area and build there instead. Not that I am complaining, but would love to get some insight into this from people more knowledgable than myself. Thank you!

Forgot the World Cup would be going on. Between that and a job, who’s got time to study.

How’s it like with the HOV parking permit at Lynnwood light rail station? Which area is cordoned off for permit holders? Is there always space there? When does that area get full?

I’ve got a permit but haven’t tried it yet cause I’m unclear on the logistics around it. Don’t want to bring my car and find that there’s no space in the morning.

Thank you for your help!