Comments on: Link on Schedule, but Cutting it Close

By: BREAKING: Light Rail Date Slips - Seattle Transit Blog

BREAKING: Light Rail Date Slips - Seattle Transit Blog — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:08:09 +0000

[...] Light Rail Date Slips by Martin H. Duke Ever since the construction float disappeared in the Beacon Hill tunnel, the July 3 launch date for Link light rail was under threat. Today, Sound Transit announced that [...]

By: Dude

Dude — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:15:41 +0000

Late August, NOT July.

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:19:34 +0000

Yeah, I’d imagine ‘testing’ is a single big checkbox that represents a few percent. :)

By: Brant

Brant — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:40:57 +0000

When I drive up and down MLK daily I see a cop at every intersection. Glad my transit dollars are going towards paying SPD overtime.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:15:40 +0000

I know most of the supplies and personnel for the underground work are going in and out via the tunnels rather than the elevators to the above ground station. If there are delays for the underground station that could make running the trains through the tunnels at the same time more complicated than it would first seem.

By: Jeffrey CapHill

Jeffrey CapHill — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:30:28 +0000

That is what I’ve been wondering. Can’t ST open Link on time and just have the trains bypass the Beacon Hill station until it is complete? Why hold up the rest of the system?

By: rex

rex — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:22:08 +0000

If Beacon Hill is not finished, how likely is it that they would go ahead with the official opening day without Beacon Hill in operation.

By: Brian Bundridge

Brian Bundridge — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:10:59 +0000

I doubt SPD will have any influence on opening day. I haven’t seen any light-rail operation be delayed because the police were worried about mass crowding. The security team there will be able to provide issues that come up. The initial police needed will be very minimal.

By: alexjonlin

alexjonlin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:05:33 +0000

Does it seem to anyone else that Link has been at 96% completion for quite a while?

By: Chris m

Chris m — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:58:42 +0000

I’ve heard a rumor that the July 3rd opening of Link might be delayed because the Seattle Police Dept. has asked ST to do so. The rumor goes that the SPD will be overstretched because of the July 4th weekend and having massive crowds at the Link opening (with a police presence) would stretch the police too much. Is this true? Any info would be great.