HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation - Sound TransitJune 19, 2017
Renton City Council-Committee of the
Whole
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Presentation topics
•Introduction
•System Expansion update
•I-405 BRT overview
•Future investment studies
•Next steps
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Sound Transit district
More than 3 millionresidents
3 counties: King | Pierce | Snohomish
51cities 800,000morepeople by 2040
40%of the state’s population
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System expansion
More information on each project:
www.soundtransit.org/system
New light rail, bus rapid transit and
commuter rail stations open:
2016
2021
2022
2023
2024
2030
2031
2035
2036
2039
2040
2041
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A growing region
Sources: Puget Sound Regional Council and 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard
Population growth
In 2016, the region grew by an average of 1,300 new
residents every week. Another 800,000 people are
expected to call central Puget Sound home by 2040.
The average commuter in the Seattle area
traveling during peak hours experienced
63 hours of traffic delay in 2014.
Traffic delays
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More riders every year 176 M
PROJECTED
2041
Meeting growing demand
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2009 2016
Source: Sound Transit ridership reports, service implementation plan and financial plan.
University Link &
Angle Lake Station open
23% ridership increase over 2015
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2016
•University of Washington,
Capitol Hill, Downtown Seattle,
Sea-Tac Airport, Angle Lake
•Tacoma Dome to Theater District
Light rail
ST Express bus
•28 regional bus routes
Sounder rail
•Everett to Seattle
•Lakewood/Tacoma to Seattle
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2021
•U District, Roosevelt,
Northgate
Light rail
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2023
•Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace,
Lynnwood
•Mercer Island, Bellevue, Spring
District, Redmond (Overlake)
Light rail
Sounder
•Sounder south parking and
access improvements
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2024
•SE and Downtown Redmond
•Kent/ Des Moines, Federal Way
Light rail
Bus
•BRT -Lynnwood to Burien
•BRT -SR 522 to NE 145th
•North Sammamish park-and-ride
Sounder
•Sounder north added parking
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East King County
Link –Seattle to Redmond
Technology Center
Link –Redmond Technology
Center to downtown Redmond
Link –South Kirkland to
Issaquah
BRT –I-405/SR 518
BRT –SR 522/NE 145th St.
North Sammamish Park & Ride
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I -405 BRT
•10 minute frequency in peak hours, 15
minute off-peak
•New stations at:
NE 85th Street in Kirkland
NE 44th Street in north Renton
Grady Way/Rainier in South
Renton
•Connections at existing transit facilities
and with SR 522 BRT
•Sound Transit will coordinate with
WSDOT on implementation of the I-405
Master Plan, including additional capital
projects to improve bus speed and
reliability, should funding become
available
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Bus Rapid Transit
I-405 peak hour
travel times with ST3
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I -405 South/SR 518 BRT
Bellevue to Burien
•In Express Toll Lanes from
Bellevue to S Renton
•In HOV lanes from S Renton
to SR 518
•In GP lanes to Tukwila Int’l
Blvd station (TIBS)
•In bus-only lanes from TIBS
to Burien Transit Center
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Environmental Study: Bothell to Bellevue
Future Investment Studies:
→Light rail Northern Lake Washington connecting
Ballard to eastside
→Light rail from West Seattle to Burien, connecting
to Tukwila and Renton
→Light rail: Everett to Everett Community College
→Commuter rail to Orting
→Light rail Tacoma Dome to Tacoma Mall
Environmental &future investment studies
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Connect with us
Soundtransit.org
Facebook.com/SoundTransit
Twitter.com/@SoundTransit
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