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MASS TRANSIT GUIDE Voter Information MASS TRANSIT GUIDE Voter Information Sound Transit 3 (ST3) creates more connections to more places for more people, with new light rail, commuter rail or Bus Rapid Transit stations opening every five to seven years throughout Pierce, King and Snohomish counties. Sound Transit Proposition 1 appears toward the end of your November 8 ballot. State law requires that this Mass Transit Guide be provided to each registered voter in the Sound Transit District before the election (RCW 81.104.140(8)). More information at SOUNDTRANSIT3.ORG Everett College System Plan Map SR 526/Evergreen EVERETT Everett Station Mukilteo SW Everett Industrial Center KEY SR 99/ PROPOSED ST3 PROJECTS Airport Road Mariner (provisional) Link Light Rail Ash Way Bus Rapid Transit Lynnwood Edmonds West Alderwood Mall Sounder Rail Lynnwood Transit Center Canyon Park Proposed shoulder-running buses / speed and reliability Bothell improvements Woodinville Environmental study UW Bothell Shoreline N.E. 145th 10 stations, serving: Future investment study • Lake Forest Park Brickyard Town Center N.E. 130th • Kenmore Totem Lake • Bothell CURRENT AND Kirkland PLANNED SERVICE Northgate Downtown Redmond N.E. 85th Link Light Rail Ballard Redmond Ballard Southeast Redmond Sounder Rail South Kirkland ©Jerry Davis ST Express Bus Interbay UW North Sammamish Smith Cove STATIONS Seattle Center Population Growth and Sound Transit 3: Providing New station South Lake Union Bellevue BELLEVUE Denny New station / added parking Traffic Delays Transportation Alternatives Westlake Mercer Island Improved station SEATTLE Midtown Richards Road Last year, the region grew by an average of 1,000 Expanded Link light rail: Builds 62 miles and 37 new Major rail transfer International District/Chinatown Stadium new residents every week. Another 800,000 people stations to connect Everett, Tacoma, West Seattle, Ballard, West Seattle Eastgate NOTE: All routes and stations are representative. Alaska Junction are expected to call central Puget Sound home by Redmond, south Kirkland and Issaquah to the growing Lakemont Issaquah AvalonDelridge SODO 2040.1 Congestion on the region’s freeways increased regional system; extends Tacoma Link to Tacoma Community (provisional) Central Issaquah 2 over 95 percent from 2010 to 2015. College. Adds new stations at South Graham and Northeast S. Graham St. 130th Street and at South Boeing Access Road. N.E. 44th 2014 +800,000 Explore the interactive map S. Boeing Access Rd. people New Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Provides faster and more and view the full project list at: 2.9 million reliable service every 10 minutes during peak hours on Burien Renton South Renton I-405/SR 518 and SR 522/NE 145th Street, with connections SOUNDTRANSIT3.ORG Burien Transit Center Tukwila 3.7 million to light rail stations. Boulevard Sea-Tac Tukwila InternationalAirport 2040 Expanded Sounder commuter rail service: Adds two new Kent stations at Tillicum and DuPont; expands capacity to serve 40 Des Moines As a result of increasing traffic, the average commuter in percent more riders on the south line; improves parking and the Seattle area traveling during peak hours experienced S. 272nd access at Mukilteo, Edmonds and south line Sounder stations. Federal Way Auburn 63 hours of traffic delay in 2014.³ Federal Way Transit Center Easier transit access: Funds safe, direct bicycling and Tacoma TACOMA Community Each year, residents must allow more College Stevens Sprague walking routes; bus connections; and expanded parking Union Hilltop South Pearl Fife Federal Way time to reliably get to work, daycare and drop-off areas. Tacoma pick-ups and other destinations. Dome Accountability and local control: Taxes must be reduced Sumner when the system is complete and implemented; ensures East Tacoma Fife Puyallup that taxes from each geographic subarea must benefit Bonney Lake the people in that area. Independent auditors and Citizen South Tacoma Oversight Panel monitor performance. Orting Lakewood Tillicum 1 Sound Transit 3: Mass Transit Guide 1Puget Sound Regional Council. 2Washington State Department of Transportation. 32015 Urban Mobility Scorecard. Sound Transit 3: Mass Transit Guide 2 DuPont DuPont When ST3 is complete, the regional transit system will connect 16 cities with light rail, 30 cities with Bus Rapid Transit and ST Express bus service and 12 cities with commuter rail. With major projects completed every five to seven years, ST3 further extends the light rail system beyond previously-approved extensions being built to Northgate, Shoreline, Lynnwood, Mercer Island, Bellevue, Overlake, and Kent/Des Moines. ©Don Wilson Link Light Rail Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ST Express & Other Bus Improvements Sounder Commuter Rail ST3 expands the light rail system to 116 miles, five times its ST3 establishes BRT service between Lynnwood and Burien on § Interim ST Express bus service in future Sounder trains offer fast, direct travel to four north line current size, adding 37 stations. Trains will operate on dedicated I-405 and SR 518, and across the north end of Lake Washington high-capacity transit corridors stations from Everett to Seattle, and nine south line stations from tracks almost exclusively separated from road crossings and on SR 522 and NE 145th Street, connecting to the light rail Lakewood to Seattle. ST3 adds two new stations to the south § traffic, providing efficient and reliable travel 20 hours per day network at Bellevue, Lynnwood, Shoreline and Tukwila. Faster Bus-on-Shoulder program enabling buses to bypass line; expands capacity to serve 40 percent more riders; and with service every three to six minutes in peak hours. and more reliable BRT service runs every 10 minutes during peak congestion using shoulders on freeways and state improves pedestrian, bike and parking facilities at stations. commute hours, with off-bus fare payment for quicker stops. highways where permitted § Two new stations with parking at DuPont and New Link light rail extensions: § Improvements along Pacific Avenue/SR 7 in the Tacoma I-405/SR 518 BRT: Lynnwood to Burien Tillicum, serving Joint Base Lewis-McChord § Overlake to downtown Redmond: stations at Southeast area through contribution to Pierce Transit. Enhanced service Redmond (with parking) and downtown Redmond § New stations at NE 85th Street in Kirkland and NE 44th Street between cities in east Pierce County and Sumner Station, and § Extends platforms on the south line to serve trains up in Renton and a new transit center in South Renton frequent bus service between Lakewood and Tacoma to 10 cars in length, increasing passenger capacity by § Kent/Des Moines to Tacoma: stations at South 272nd, approximately 40 percent Federal Way Transit Center, South Federal Way and Fife (all § BRT freeway stops in the vicinity of Lynnwood, UW Bothell, § Contributions to Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit in Seattle with parking) as well as East Tacoma and the Tacoma Dome Canyon Park, Brickyard, Totem Lake and downtown Bellevue and for improvements to RapidRide C and D lines that provide § Track and signal upgrades to enable additional trips, faster bus service to Ballard and West Seattle before light rail depending on affordability and cost-effectiveness § Downtown Seattle to West Seattle: stations at Delridge, § New or expanded parking at Totem Lake, NE 44th in is in service Avalon and Alaska Junction; expanded stations at Renton, South Renton and North Sammamish § Expanded parking and access improvements at the International District/Chinatown and SODO Edmonds and Mukilteo stations and at south line stations § New bus lanes on Northeast 85th Street from § Downtown Seattle to Ballard with new downtown subway: 6th Street in Kirkland to I-405 Approximately 84 percent of residents stations at Midtown, Denny Way, South Lake Union, § Seattle Center, Smith Cove, Interbay and Ballard; expanded Offers travel time advantages by using: and 93 percent of workers would have station at Westlake } State-funded Express Toll Lanes between convenient access to the region’s high-reliability Totem Lake and South Renton transit system by 2040. § Lynnwood to Everett: stations at West Alderwood Mall, Ash Way, Mariner (expanded parking), Southwest Everett } State-funded HOV lanes between South Renton and Industrial Center, SR 526/Evergreen and Everett Station Tukwila; operates on bus lanes on SR 518 between (expanded parking) Tukwila and Burien Transit Center § Tacoma Link from Hilltop to Tacoma Community College: SR 522/NE 145th Street BRT: six stations North Lake Washington § South Kirkland to Issaquah: stations at South Kirkland § Service to Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, (with parking), Richards Road, Eastgate/Bellevue College Bothell and Woodinville with 10 BRT stations and central Issaquah (with parking) § New Business Access and Transit (BAT) lanes on § Three new stations: South Graham and Northeast 130th SR 522 and capital improvements at intersections Streets in Seattle and South Boeing Access Road in Tukwila on Northeast 145th Street Every 3-6 min. Every 10 min. during peak hours during peak hours Link BRT 3 Sound Transit 3: Mass Transit Guide Sound Transit 3: Mass Transit Guide 4 Investing in Regional Mass Transit Expansion Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts If approved by voters, ST3 would be funded by a combination of new Proposed new taxes § 2025-2036: Federal Way to Tacoma light rail (2030); West Seattle to Providing convenient transit for more people and existing local taxes, federal grants, fares and interest earnings. The Downtown Seattle light rail (2030); new
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