Seattle Politics and Urbanism Daily
Seattle Builds Transit Links—and Hits Pause on Data Centers
Saturday, May 2, 2026 · 3 min
Seattle’s reform agenda is getting concrete: rerouting buses for West Seattle Link, tracking ridership shifts after new rail service, closing a downtown bike-network gap, and debating whether data-center growth needs a hard pause.
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Seattle’s reform agenda is getting concrete: rerouting buses for West Seattle Link, tracking ridership shifts after new rail service, closing a downtown bike-network gap, and debating whether data-center growth needs a hard pause.
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