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Sound Transit received some good news in July 2001 when a federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by Rainier Valley residents who were opposed to the at-grade alignment through their neighborhood, alleging environmental, housing, and racial discrimination. [50] [51] Light rail would soon have competition to provide mass transit to Seattle.
The Seattle Center Monorail, constructed for the Century 21 Exposition, runs approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) between Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne and Westlake Center in Downtown. Local transit agencies offer trip planners on their web sites that provides information for public transit in Seattle and surrounding areas (King, Pierce, and ...
The first set of nine express bus routes launched on September 19, 1999, and served regional destinations and 33 park and ride lots in the three counties; [33] [96] an existing King County Metro express route from Seattle to Bellevue and Pierce Transit's Seattle–Tacoma express were also transferred to Sound Transit.
A dual-mode bus at Convention Place station, seen in 2000. The Paramount Theatre overlooked the station and its retaining wall on Pine Street.. The Metro Transit Committee selected the intersection of Pine Street and Interstate 5 as the preferred northern terminus for the proposed downtown transit system — either a bus tunnel or surface transit mall — in 1979. [1]
Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of three non-connected lines: the 1 Line (formerly Central Link) in King County and Snohomish County, which travels for 33 miles (53 km) between Lynnwood, Seattle, and Seattle–Tacoma ...
(The Center Square) – Seattle plans to spend more than $175 million on transportation needs in 2025 via the largest tax levy in the history of the city. In November, 66% of voters approved the ...
In Seattle, the term Union Station refers not only to the main station building, but also to the several adjacent office buildings at 505, 605, 625 and 705 5th Avenue South. Amazon.com was a major tenant of these properties from 2000 [ 3 ] to 2011, [ citation needed ] all but one owned by Opus Northwest, [ 4 ] and the other by Vulcan. [ 5 ]
Sound Transit presented a $15 billion transit package, named "Sound Transit 3", in October 2014, including light rail expansions to Everett, Tacoma, Issaquah, Ballard, and West Seattle. [24] The following month, the Sound Transit Board unanimously voted to pursue new taxes to support the 2016 ballot measure, pending authorization from the ...