Puget Sound Transportation Blog

My thoughts on transportation in the Puget Sound area and transportation issues in general.

Archive for the 'Light Rail' Category


Breakthrough

http://www.soundtransit.org/x7425.xml
Tunnel Boring Machine breaks through Beacon Hill. This finishes the drilling portion of the Link tunnel.
Ben

Sound Transit System Expansion Survey

http://future.soundtransit.org/default.aspx
Now until 3/9.
Ben

No Light Rail Between Tacoma and Sea-Tac?

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/270966.html
Basically, a more limited plan for Sound Transit 2 would extend light rail to Overlake on the Eastside, up to Northgate and down to Kent/Des Moines. However, Pierce County would gain more Sounder and bus service.
In exchange, Tacoma Link would be extended from downtown to  Tacoma General and TCC, and out to Fife.
Thoughts: This plan […]

Tacoma Link Weekday Hours Extended as of February 9th

From http://www.soundtransit.org/x72.xml
Running now until 10 PM.
This is great news. Link used to run until 8 on weekdays INCLUDING Friday. This now allows people to enjoy the shops, restaurants and events downtown eve later at night.
However, this does involve a service cut on Sundays, from 8 pm to 6 pm. Which may be OK as […]