From The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009882057_mcginnlightrail17m.html
Mr. McGinn would like to see Light Rail running through Ballard, Interbay, Queen Anne, Belltown, downtown, West Seattle, maybe Fremont, too.
From The News Tribune:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/updates/story/832337.html
The suit claims that lanes should not be taken away (the express lanes) from a freeway.
The lanes were always designed to move large amounts of people. Sad too that this line will pass right past his major development: Bellevue Square. Mabye they don’t need a station after all…
The Project: http://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/Projects-By-Service/Link-Light-Rail/East-Link-Project.xml
More: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009579786_dige01m.html
Ben
From Sound Transit:
http://www.soundtransit.org/News-and-Events/News-Releases/Links1stWkRidership.xml
First week average: 12,000 riders per day.
Weekend averages: Saturday: 16,900, Sunday: 15,100
The weekly ridership numbers is well on the way to the predicted 21,900 riders per day by the end of the year. The weekend numbers track with what I expected; the line as it is now serves 2 major purposes. It brings […]
A collection of articles on the opening of the Seattle Link light rail system.
KOMO TV:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/50867267.html
http://www.komonews.com/news/51100602.html
Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009456949_stlightrail12.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2009496798_danny19.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2009485751_retailreport17.html
Google News:
http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=seattle+light+rail
Ben
Here are some of the incidents on the Seattle Light Rail line in it’s first week of operation. Please note, none of these are unexpected for the opening of a new line, especially the first of its type in a major city.
Signal Issues in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel:
http://www.soundtransit.org/News-and-Events/News-Releases/Light-Rail-Limited-Service.xml
http://www.soundtransit.org/News-and-Events/News-Releases/Light-Rail-Service-Restored.xml
Suicide Along the Line:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009558571_websuicide29m.html
Ticketing Issues:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51264507.html
Not bad for […]
From The News Tribune:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51861617.html
While this is a horrible incident, it has already been proven that this was a suicide, NOT a problem with the line’s design or safety.
Ben
Here are some videos and photos my friend and I took on the opening day of the Seattle Link Light Rail Line, July 18th, 2009:
Videos:
End to End Ride:
http://www.vimeo.com/5740706
Shots Around the Line:
http://www.vimeo.com/5740587
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benagain_photo/collections/72157621901484560/
Ben
Bellevue argues whether to put the East Link line in a tunnel downtown or run it on the surface.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009168122_bellevuetunnel04m.html
The correct, if more expensive and difficult answer, is a tunnel. Running rail at grade inevitably results in problems.
From KOMO 4:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/44098532.html
Portland, Oregon gets money to extend the Portland Streetcar on the East side of the Willamette River. This will definitely help transit connections in Portland, where the Southeast side of the city doesn’t have much in the way of either trolleys or light rail.
More:
http://www.metro-region.org/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=13800
Ben
From KIRO:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19275966/detail.html#-
Hmm, so this is now the second incident with this line. Hopefully the community learns to live with the trains before they begin service in July.