CURRENT AND VOTER APPROVED SOUND TRANSIT SERVICE
P Everett MAP KEY P Mukilteo Link Light Rail
Link (SeaTac/Airport–Westlake/Seattle) P South Everett Tacoma Link (Tacoma Dome–Theater District) Under Construction In Design Ash Way P In Planning/ Planned Sounder Commuter Rail Everett–Seattle Sounder Lakewood–Tacoma–Seattle Sounder Lynnwood Target opening P Canyon Park P Edmonds date 2023 ST Express Regional Bus Mountlake P Express Bus Service Terrace Woodinville Future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) P 185th Bothell Supporting Investments P 145th P Park & Ride – Rail Station or Bus Facility Rail Station, Transit Center or Bus Stop Target opening P Northgate Improvements date 2021 Totem Lake First Hill Streetcar (Opens 2016) Roosevelt Kirkland HOV/Transit Improvements Redmond Construction not HOV Direct Access Ramp, Freeway U District currently funded Station or Overpass Target opening SE Redmond Opens 2016 University of date 2023 Washington P Overlake Transit Center Ferry Terminal Amtrak Evergreen Overlake Village Point Sea-Tac Airport P Bel-Red/130th
Opens 2016 Spring District/120th Wilburton Capitol Hill Convention Place Bellevue Transit Center Bellevue Westlake University Street East Main First Hill South Seattle Pioneer Square Bellevue P International District/Chinatown P P South & King Street Eastgate Sammamish Stadium Judkins Park Mercer Target opening Island date 2023 SODO Beacon Hill Issaquah P Mount Baker P Highlands Issaquah Columbia City
Westwood Othello Village Rainier Beach Tukwila/ International Blvd P Renton P Burien Tukwila P SeaTac/Airport
Angle Lake P Opens 2016
Target opening Kent/Des Moines P date 2023
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Construction not S 272nd/ P currently funded Federal Way
Federal Way P P Auburn Tacoma To Gig Harbor Construction and Purdy not fully funded Theater District/S 9th Commerce Street/S 11th Convention Center/S 15th Tacoma Union Station/S 19th Community S 25th College Puyallup P P P Sumner Tacoma Dome South Tacoma P
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2.16 PROJECT OVERVIEW
PUYALLUP STATION ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
• Improvements to Puyallup Station were approved by voters in 2008 as part of the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure to expand mass transit throughout the region • In August 2014, the Sound Transit Board identified a preferred package of access improvements at the Puyallup Station for environmental review and preliminary design • Proposed improvements include a parking garage and surface lot at the current Eagles site, as well as traffic, pedestrian and bicycle improvements • Improving easy and reliable access to the station will be necessary as ridership and service increases 167 • Average daily ridership on the south Sounder line is expected to increase by more than 13,000 by 2035 2
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2.16 HOW WILL THE PROJECT IMPROVE STATION ACCESS FOR DRIVERS? PUYALLUP STATION ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
• Proposed 5-level parking garage (at the current Eagles site) would provide 503 parking spaces • 98 additional surface parking spaces proposed near the Eagles site
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2.16 HOW WILL THE PROJECT IMPROVE STATION ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS? PUYALLUP STATION ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
Sound Transit is working with city staff to identify improvements that will make it easier for people who walk and bike to the station. Sound Transit is also evaluating optional pedestrian bridges across 5th Street NW and the railroad tracks.
Potential improvements • New or improved • Sidewalk improvements crosswalks • Curb ramps • Flashing beacons with arrows • New bike storage • New bike lanes
Examples of a pedestrian crossing
2.16 WHAT IS A SEPA CHECKLIST?
PUYALLUP STATION ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
A State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) checklist is an environmental evaluation that studies potential impacts and benefits of a project.
The following categories were studied*:
• Aesthetics • Air • Animals - includes Endangered Species Act • Coordination with local transit • Earth • Energy and natural resources • Environmental health – includes hazardous materials and noise • Historic and cultural preservation • Housing • Land and shoreline use • Light and glare • Recreation • Plants • Public services • Transportation – requires traffic improvements • Utilities • Water
* The project also complied with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) evaluation requirements. 2.16 PROPOSED TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS
PUYALLUP STATION ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT t • A full traffic signal is