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WEB4 days ago · September 28, 2024 by Martin Pagel. Pundits claim West Seattle had been added to the ST3 plan by politicians envious that Ballard gets a light rail connection. It seemed easy to draw another line on the map, but now that Sound Transit published the final Environmental Impact Statement for the West Seattle Link Extension (WSLE) it …
Seattle Transit Blog – Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater ...
WEBRapidRide J Line – Final Design and Recap. September 23, 2024 by Wesley Lin. SDOT recently announced RapidRide J Line construction will start in October, with service planned to launch in 2027. RapidRide J will travel from downtown Seattle to University District via Eastlake Avenue replacing Route 70. According to SDOT, the two years of ...
Midweek Roundup: Bridging Gaps – Seattle Transit Blog
WEB20 hours ago · Midweek Roundup: Bridging Gaps. An aerial photograph of Salmon Bay in 1950, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Note the Northern Pacific bascule bridge crossing near 8th Avenue W; this bridge was demolished in 1979 with dynamite. Ryan Packer (Twitter): Dow Constantine’s budget proposal includes a quarter adult fare increase for @KingCountyMetro ...
East Link Connections: bus changes in the south subarea
WEBSeptember 17, 2021 by Alex Kvenvolden. Bus changes proposed for Renton, Newcastle, Factoria, and Eastgate. With the East Link Connections project underway, Sound Transit and Metro have presented their first service proposals as part of the East Link Connections survey. The opening of East Link will be a huge event, and will transform what ...
2021 – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBDecember 16, 2021 by Frank Chiachiere. From the Governor’s blog: Gov. Jay Inslee’s 2022 supplemental budget proposes significant funding to reduce poverty, increase housing and resources for homeless individuals, expand K-12 learning supports, invest in clean transportation and green economy, decarbonize buildings, and protect salmon habitat.
Getting ready for big changes to regional transit
WEBDec 27, 2021 · Getting ready for big changes to regional transit. With 2021 coming to a close, our region has set sail on a major, exciting, one-in-a-generation opportunity to restructure and reform our transit network thanks to billions in capital investments. In 2008, regional voters approved Sound Transit 2 (ST2), and these investments are now bearing ...
Via to Transit is expanding – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBAug 11, 2021 · Via to Transit service areas (source: King County Metro) Via to Transit, which debuted in 2019 as an on-demand Link shuttle to better connect to Link areas where bus service is limited or not available, is getting a major expansion on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. From 2020 to now, Via to Transit only …
Metro Update on Ridership Recovery and Service Planning
WEBMay 20, 2024 · On May 15, King County Metro staff briefed the County Council’s Regional Transit Committee, (presentation pdf download here) focusing on ridership trends and the agency’s capacity to return to 100% of planned service.. Ridership Trends. First, the good news: Metro ridership continued to grow across almost all modes between 2022 and 2023; Water Taxi service ridership was similar.
Implications of the West Seattle Link Cost
WEB4 days ago · While the ST3 measure promised to bring 37,000 riders for $1.5 billion ($2.4B in 2024 dollars) by 2030, now the price tag has tripled to $7.1 billion (in 2024 dollars), and completion is delayed to 2032, and the ridership forecast for 2042 (after WSLE is connected to the current downtown tunnel) is only 27,000 new riders systemwide. The delays ...
Commute Seattle’s 2021 mode survey – Seattle Transit Blog
WEBMar 28, 2022 · Comparing 2019 to 2021, the share of remote work among all Downtown commuter modes increased by 36 percentage points, to 43.3% of all surveyed trips. The percentage of transit trips, once at an eight-year high, dropped from nearly 50% to 18%. Walk/bike and rideshare trips decreased slightly, while the …