Here’s the “short list” of stimulus projects for the PSRC‘s FTA grants. The PSRC expects to get $135 million in FTA money for these projects. As you notice, there’s $316 million in projects here, so the actual grants are 42.5% of the list here in terms of cost. Thanks again to Rick Olson of the PSRC.
COMMUNITY TRANSIT | |||
Agency Priority | Project Title | ARRA Amount (in thousands) |
READY-TO-GO TIMEFRAME |
1 | Bus Replacement Double Decker Buses | $13,387 | 90 days |
2 | Bus Replacement 40 Foot Buses | $11,733 | 90 days |
3 | Preventive Maintenance | $4,787 | 90 days |
CT Subtotal | $29,907 | ||
EVERETT TRANSIT | |||
1 | Transit Stop Enunciators Purchase and Installation (73 Vehicles) |
$450 | 90 days |
2 | Everett Preventive Maintenance | $850 | 90 days |
3 | Replacement Transit Coaches (Fixed Route & Para-Transit) |
$1,670 | 90 days |
ET Subtotal | $2,970 | ||
KING COUNTY FERRY DISTRICT | |||
1 | Maintenance Barge & Equipment | $1,500 | 90 days |
2 | Vashon Terminal Upgrade | $1,500 | 90 days |
KCFD Subtotal | $3,000 | ||
KING COUNTY METRO | |||
1 | Vehicle Maintenance | $ 25,000 | 90 days |
2 | Acquisition of 40ft & 60ft Hybrid Buses | $ 91,000 | 90 days |
3 | Bellevue Base HVAC -TAMP | $ 5,200 | 90 days |
4 | Burien Transit Oriented Development | $ 7,900 | 90 days |
5 | Energy Efficient Base Lighting Replacement | $ 775 | within one year |
6 | Park and Ride Security Lighting | $ 1,000 | 90 days |
7 | Atlantic/Central Operations Building | $ 25,000 | within one year |
8 | Transit Police Building | $ 9,000 | within one year |
KCM Subtotal | $164,875 | ||
KITSAP TRANSIT | |||
1 | Small Vessels, for Bremerton-Port Orchard POF service |
$1,300 | 90 days |
2 | Purchase Vans | $1,997 | 90 days |
3 | Small Buses | $303 | 90 days |
KT Subtotal | $3,600 | ||
PIERCE COUNTY | |||
1 | “M/V Christine Anderson” Preservation | $2,280 | 90 days |
2 | Anderson Island Ferry Terminal Preservation | $25 | 90 days |
3 | Ketron Island Ferry Terminal Preservation | $15 | 90 days |
PC Subtotal | $2,320 | ||
PIERCE TRANSIT | |||
1 | Preventive Maintenance | $4,200 | 90 days |
2 | Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Compressor Filter and Backup Power Upgrade |
$1,766 | 90 days |
3 | Acquisition of 15 Diesel-Electric Hybrid 40 ft Bus Replacements |
$9,000 | 90 days |
4 | Pacific Ave. Corridor Transit Priority and ITS Improvements |
$2,507 | 180 days |
5 | Security Improvements – gate controllers | $38 | 90 days |
6 | Operations Base Maintenance Buildings – Replace 5 air compressors & replace 2 air dryers |
$750 | 90 days |
7 | Gas Fired Heater Replacement | $1,125 | 90 |
PT Subtotal | $19,386 | ||
SEATTLE | |||
1 | Restoration of the King Street Station Historic Waiting Room & Ticket Area (King Street Station Seismic Retrofit) |
$1,000 | 180 days |
2 | South Lake Union Streetcar (PM) | $250 | now |
3 | Seattle Monorail Train Safety Improvements | $1,250 | now |
4 | Rainier Transit Corridor Improvements | $500 | within one year |
SEA Subtotal | $3,000 | ||
SOUND TRANSIT | |||
1 | University Link Light Rail Construction (accelerate light rail to Northgate) |
$11,619 | 90 days |
1 | Clean Fuels Buses | $11,619 | 90 days |
1 | Mountlake Terrace Freeway Station Construction | $11,619 | 90 days |
1 | Lakewood-Tacoma Commuter Rail (M Street – Lakewood New Track and Signal) |
$11,619 | 90 days |
1 | Tukwila Commuter Rail Station – Accelerated Final Design and Construction |
$11,619 | 90 days |
ST Subtotal | $58,095 | ||
WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES | |||
1 | System-wide Vessel Preservation (Jumbo, Super, Issaquah, and E-State Class) |
$6,184 | 90 days |
1 | System-wide Terminal Preservation Projects | $196 | 90 days |
2 | System-wide Vessel Preservation (Jumbo, Super, Issaquah, and E-State Class) |
$9,653 | 180 days |
2 | System-wide Terminal Preservation Projects | $9,780 | 180 days to one year |
WSF Subtotal | $25,813 |
GRAND TOTAL: $312,966
That’s really cool. I have to know why the Anderson Island Ferry Terminal Preservation is $25 and Ketron Island Ferry Terminal Preservation is $15.
And isn’t a traffic stop enunciator a steal at $6 per bus?
All those numbers are in thousands, so it’s $6,000 per bus, which seems beyond expensive to me. How much could they REALLY cost? Give me $450K and I’ll build you some traffic stop enumciators!
ha! i didn’t look close enough at the key. Darn.
What’s with the Double Decker Buses? I’m picturing something like London transit. Is that not what this is? If it is why is it CT want’s them? I can see where an articulated bus would be a real problem in London and where height would be a real issue around here. Since CT seems to be the only agency after these what’s the unique demand that warrants it? Something around the Boeing Plants? Do these have to be imported from England?
Almost, they are made in Scotland. Community Transit already has one, and we’ve been convering it here for a while:
https://seattletransitblog.wpcomstaging.com/search/?cx=000938981092046480789%3Auzjj43pic1o&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=double+decker+bus#0
Basically, they carry as many people as articulated buses, but don’t take up the space in the maintenance barn.
The won’t work for Seattle, since the overhead trolley wires would interfere with the tall buses.
Kinda cool. Edinburgh used the double deckers as well as London. As tourist the upper deck was the place to be. Man, those London drivers putting those things literally within a couple of inches of each other was a show in and of itself! On some routes it may draw extra ridership ala the “trolly effect”. Makes a lot of sense in traffic and on the tight roads of European cities; many using the same ROW as in the days of horse drawn carriages. I hadn’t thought about room in the maintenance barn. Boarding is an issue, especially in the US where we are so fortunate to be “well fed”.
How would they be too tall for Seattle? Many trucks are 14 ft tall or higher. Besides CT operates the double deckers through downtown Seattle, I’m pretty sure they have to pass under trolley wires.
FWIW supposedly the double deckers hold more people than an articulated, are easier to maneuver, and take up less space both on the road and in the base.
Right, double-deckers have a higher seats-to-standee ratio than an articulated and the less noise on the upper deck making it somewhat more comfortable than an articulated.
I can only think of a few areas where double deckers can’t go in Seattle like under overpasses with low clearance. The Aurora Ave and N 46th underpass on the route 44 comes to mind.
A TCRP (Transit Cooperative Research Program) synthesis of practices in the use of higher capacity buses (articulated, 45-ft coach, and double-deck) can be found at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_syn_75.pdf
Apparently Alexander Dennis makes a 45-ft double-deck coach. That thing must be a monster.
If that’s the case, we should be putting them in here in Seattle, too.
If you’ve ever watched an articulated bus make a left turn across traffic in the downtown, you’ll know why the first thing the new Tory mayor of London did was to cancel the plans to switch to them. I’ve even seen them get stuck making right hand turns here.
Nice job compiling data, but that chart ain’t much to look at.
If you do a ctrl+f5 in firefox or IE you’ll be able see the colored layout.
I admit, it’s not the most beautiful thing in the world.
What’s with the ST project costs ($11,619,000 for all five of ’em). Are they limited to a max amount per project, or something else weird?
Ah! Look at the footnotes. It’s a sub-area equity thing.
At least the D-to-M project is in there. Hopefully I-90 two way HOV gets some love from the highway portion of the stimulus.
It could theoritcally also get either the Amtrak or even HSR money, too.
Nice to see some rennovation stuff for King Street Station in this – I always am hoping for some more funds so they can complete the project in a timely fashion.
Other than that, it all looks good, but how to raise the funding gap I guess is the question – as per usual…..
Ah, the eternal question…
I wonder what the $250,000 for ‘South Lake Union Streetcar (PM)’ is for. Supposedly it’s ready-to-go now, so maybe it’s increased frequency?
That looks like about the price of another tram.
What about the “Rainier Transit Corridor Improvements” money?