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The first line, the Community Line on Pacific Avenue between Tacoma and Spanaway, is planned to replace a 14.4-mile (23.2 km) section of Route 1. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The Pacific Avenue line was planned to have 32 total stations, including curb-side and median stations, and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) of dedicated bus lanes. [ 31 ]
Plans for a commuter rail line between Seattle and the Tacoma Dome area date back to the late 1980s, using existing tracks owned by the BNSF Railway. [4] In early 1995, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA; later Sound Transit) ran experimental commuter rail service to Tacoma from Seattle during weekday peak periods and on weekends for Seattle SuperSonics games at the Tacoma Dome. [5]
Dial-A-Ride-Transit services are assigned route numbers 900-939. [4] Custom bus routes are assigned route numbers from 950-999. [4] The King County Water Taxi uses route numbers 973 and 975. Currently routes serving the private Lakeside School and University Prep in Seattle are assigned route numbers 980-999.
It operates a fleet of 1,396 buses, serving 115 million rides at over 8,000 bus stops in 2012, making it the eighth-largest transit agency in the United States. [1] [2] The agency has seven bases spread throughout its 2,134-square-mile (5,530 km 2) operating area [3] [4] and has 131 park and rides for commuters. [2]
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23 Sound Transit Express bus routes are overseen by the agency. [8] Buses are operated under contract by King County Metro, Pierce Transit and Community Transit (who subcontracts with Transdev). [9] When Sound Transit implements a new bus route, changes are frequently made to existing routes that serve the area to avoid overlapping.
Operated together with a network of interurbans, streetcars provided transport within Tacoma and throughout the Puget Sound region. Buses replaced the last streetcars in 1938. Streetcar-type transportation returned to Tacoma in 2003 with the opening of the Tacoma Link, a 4-mile (6.4 km) light rail line in Downtown Tacoma.
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