Washington State Transportation

Spokane Streetcar Study

2008-03-13T08:02:00.000-07:00

It appears the Spokane Streetcar is back in the news. I found this in WSDOT's 2008-2011 Transportation budget.

Local Programs - Other Grants 0 9,522 0
000 2LP602E - Loomis - Oroville Road Guardrail 0 250 0
000 2LP704E - Leavenworth Icicle Rail Station 0 522 0
000 6LP705E - Spokane Street Car feasibility study 0 250 0
998 0LP601M - Passenger Only Ferry 0 8,500 0

A new life begins for King Street Station

2008-03-05T20:47:00.000-08:00

All for $10 (Union Station was sold for $1... Yes, One Dollar to Sound Transit whom restored it)

And it's about time too... the last windstorm blew off a lot of tiles.

Best news of all - That ugly communications thing is going to be GONE. :D

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004262610_webkingstreet05m.html

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/353875_kingstreet06.html

Sound Transit to break through Second Tunnel @ Beacon Hill Today

2008-03-05T12:13:00.000-08:00

Today at 11 a.m. Obayashi Corporation’s tunnel boring machine will complete the second light rail tunnel through Beacon Hill. Staff will inform news media about this dramatic “hole through” milestone in our light rail construction and we expect strong turnout and coverage. We apologize for the limited amount of advance notice that is possible based on the nature of this event.

Media Event: Beacon Hill Tunnel Boring Machine final break-through

Date: Wednesday, March 5

Time: 11 a.m.

Location: Obayashi construction site at the east portal, above S. McClellan Street and Rainier Ave. S. (see map and directions)

Directions: From I-5 North or South, take exit 163 (Columbian Way exit). Turn left onto Spokane Street. Follow Spokane St. for about 1/2 mile and turn left onto 23rd Ave. South. After about three blocks, turn right onto S. Hanford Street. Hanford ends at 25th Ave. S. Turn left onto 25th Ave. S. Event site is at the end of the road; park on either side of the street. NOTE: there will be NO event access off of McClellan Street or Rainier Avenue. You must access the event site from 25th Ave. S. in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.

Additional information: all attendees must wear sturdy footwear/boots (no high heeled shoes, dress shoes or skirts, please).

Parking and Transportation: limited parking will be available at the event site. Carpooling is strongly encouraged.

Project information: http://www.soundtransit.org/x1176.xml

Jennifer M. Lemus
Community Outreach Specialist
Sound Transit
401 S. Jackson St. | Seattle, WA 98104
206.398.5314 office
206.423.1407 mobile

Sound Transit Lunch Bus - March 28th, 2008

2008-03-03T13:39:00.000-08:00

Want to see some updates to the Central Link Light-Rail line? Come ride the Lunch Bus!

http://www.soundtransit.org/x4825.xml

On a small break

2008-03-01T10:04:00.000-08:00

Those curious, been really busy with work and haven't had time to respond to e-mail or phone calls. thanks for all of the notes though and I'll be back on Sunday with a bunch of news.

In the meantime, visit some of the blogs located to the Right of my blog.

Have a great weekend!

Second Tunnel Hole Through Next Week!

2008-02-22T09:43:00.000-08:00

There is less than 300 feet remaining for the Emerald Mole! This will complete the second tunnel through Beacon Hill.

Here is the e-mail I received from Jennifer at Sound Transit.

Yes, you are correct…we approaching exciting times! According to the latest projections, hole-thru could be as early as Friday, February 29, 2008! Of course, this is only an estimate, and we won’t know until possibly the day before.

Keep an eye out on our website, as I’m sure there will be an announcement. Also, I have attached a link to a graphic that shows approximately where the tunnel boring machine is…about 300 feet to go!
http://www.soundtransit.org/x1176.xml

Click on ‘Tunnel Boring Machine “Emerald Mole” Progress’.

Excellent! Congrats to Sound Transit for this!

New Change at Washington State Ferries

2008-02-21T10:17:00.000-08:00

Frank over at Orphan Road has picked up on a change of names for the Washington State Ferry system.

It is now seemingly called "Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division"

So...WSDTFD? I think I'll keep the WSF....

O.o

Seattle Streetcar Tagged

2008-02-20T14:15:00.000-08:00

There are some really freaking low life people out there that would willingly break in to the maintenance facility and put graffiti all over a streetcar....

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004191120_streetcar20m.html

New Streetcar Ticket Vending Machines

2008-02-19T14:07:00.000-08:00

Based off the cool unique design of the electronic parking meters around Seattle, the new Streetcar TVM's make life much, much, MUCH easier for the commuter. With 6 installed along the line, the new Ticket Vending Machines make getting tickets for the Streetcar much easier. It accepts Visa, Mastercard and coins.

The TVM's on-board the Streetcars are still there and still trouble-prone to $1 dollar bills but when they do work, except Paper Cash and Coins but not Credit Cards.

The Dream Ticket?

2008-02-19T13:39:00.000-08:00

While I don't post too much political stuff on here, I couldn't pass this up

Too beautiful:

Sound Transit 2 + Obama = a kind of progressive perfect storm.

Yes, the Little Engine that Could and the Obama campaign.

The train whose slogan is I-Think-I- Can and the campaign whose slogan is Yes We Can

Perfect