Prop1 (ST3) - The Opportunity of a Generation
Over a century after the first vote for a fast and reliable train system in the Seattle area, it's finally our generation's chance to right 100 years of wrongs and build a reliable train system to allow people to travel completely separate from traffic, as well as making many other investments in our region's transportation system.
Sound Transit 3 (Proposition 1) funds:
-62 new miles of track that--together with funding from ST2--extends a frequent and reliable train 116 miles throughout our region, connecting Downtown Seattle to Ballard, West Seattle, Everett, Tacoma, Bellevue, S Kirkland, Issaquah, and many places in between.
-Over 46 miles of Bus Rapid Transit, for faster and more reliable bus service along I-405, SR 518, and 522, linking Burien, Tukwila, Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, Bothell, Lynnwood, and Shoreline to both each other and the regional light rail and transportation networks.
-Upgrades to the RapidRide C and D lines to speed up buses to West Seattle and Ballard while we build their grade-separated train lines. Increased funding for BRT along Madison as well.
-Tacoma Streetcar extension to Tacoma Community College
-Increased Sounder frequency and capacity with new stations at Tillicum and Dupont
For more info visit http://soundtransit3.org/map
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A note on the numbers used in the video:
-700,000 rides per day. This number comes from the high end estimate provided by Sound Transit for 2040 ridership with ST3. We rounded up from 695,000, which we felt was appropriate considering how Link has been blowing past ridership estimates.
Ridership estimate source:
http://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sou...
-20,000 passenger capacity per direction per hour. This is determined using 4 car trains with 250 riders per train running every three minutes. We use this number instead of the campaign’s more conservative 16,000/direction/hour number for two reasons: The capacity figure we use has already happened and both the future ST2 trains and ST3 trains will have higher capacity than the current trains. This means they will be able to achieve the 250 load per car in much higher comfort.
250 riders/train already been reached in current vehicles: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n...
Newer vehicles will have even higher capacity: https://seattletransitblog.com/2016/0...
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Seattle Subway is an all-volunteer grassroots organization dedicated to promoting high-quality transit for Seattle and the Puget Sound region on the fastest possible timeline.
http://seattlesubway.org
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Video credits:
Music:
Golden Ocean
Nicolai Heidlas
facebook.com/nicolaiheidlas/
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Pictures:
Plan of Seattle: Report of the Municipal Plans Commission (1911)
Virgil G. Bogue and the Seattle Municipal Plans Commission
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Traffic!
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Engineering Department Photographic Negatives
Record Series 2613-07
Seattle Municipal Archives
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Alaskan Way
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Clerk File 163278
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Seattle Municipal Archives.
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1985 system : Seattle Metropolitan Area Recommended Public Transportation Plan
Seattle Municipal Archives Map Index No. 366, 1970
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SDOT - Viaduct - Traffic
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Fleets and Facilities Department "Imagebank" Collection
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Seattle Municipal Archives
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Rainy traffic on I-5
SounderBruce
www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/28249043333
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Traffic waiting on Ballard Bridge while bridge opens
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Fleets and Facilities Department "Imagebank" Collection
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Seattle Municipal Archives
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