• It’s becoming clear that the very pro-transit Mayor of Seattle, Greg Nickels, will seek a third term in office next November. The mayor did a great job working for Sound Transit 2, and the election could prove a good opportunity for streetcar and urban design fanatics like ourselves to put some additional pressure on the mayor. Now how about Ron Sims vs. Larry Phillips for King County Executive?
  • On Wednesday, there will be a meeting at Seattle Central Community College regarding construction for the Capitol Hill light rail station. Construction is set to begin early next year.
  • The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for East Link (light rail from downtown Seattle to Overlake) has been finished and posted to the web. This wonky set of documents is the first major step toward engineering a project and getting federal funds.
  • Mark B, a reader, has sent in a set of conceptual transportation maps he found on the Puget Sound Regional Council’s website. What do you think Seattle’s transit will look like in 2040?

6 Replies to “Weekend Thread”

  1. John,

    When you commented on the draft EIS as being “wonky” are you saying it’s faulty, or that it’s something only a political policy person (a wonk) would enjoy? Webster gives both of these definitions and I could read your statement as being either or both, depending on my perspective.

    1. Pete, I misused the word. I meant it in the sense that only a transit or engineering fanatic would care about it.

  2. Printed, the DEIS is very heavy. Which is good. Tons of renderings not previously posted. Very Skytrain in places.

  4. I’m thinking alternative 5, but by more like 2030, not 2040. By 2040… we could have a lot. The DC Metro system is actually only 32 years old, but already has over a hundred miles of rail. Seattle is a similar size to the DC area, and I think our systems could grow at a similar rate.

  5. Speaking of Draft EIS’s. Honolulu’s HCT project has a video explaining and summarizing the Draft EIS. Why isn’t ST doing a video?

    Another interesting tidbit. The video uses our LINK light rail trains moving on an elevated guideway as a transition between sections.

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