Upcoming Streetcar Forums

With the success of the streetcar, the city of Seattle is contemplating adding more streetcars that would connect neighborhoods like Pioneer Square, Ballard, U District and the Central District.

Learn all about the proposed lines and give the city your feedback by attending one of the upcoming forums.

The forums are taking place as follows:

Wednesday, July 2nd - Proposed Central Line at Seattle City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue, Bertha Knight Landes Room, First Floor, 4-6pm

Tuesday, July 8th - Proposed Ballard/Fremont Line at Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67 Street, 4-6pm

Wednesday, July 9th - Proposed U-District Line at University Heights Center, 5031 University Way NE, 4-6pm

Tuesday, July 15th - Proposed First Hill Line at Yesler Community Center, 917 E. Yesler Way, 4-6pm

For more information on the proposed Streetcar Network expansion, visit: http://www.seattlestreetcar.org/future.asp

I would prefer a monorail/subway/city light rail almost anything faster then the slut, but I am happy to see the city embracing something other then buses.

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Video from the Seattle Transportation Forum

Video from the Seattle Transportation Forum: Intro with Mayor Greg Nickels talking about transportation. (March 20th)

Sound Transit would like to hear your opinion

Sound Transit would like to hear your opinion and thoughts on traffic & transportation.
From SoundTransit.org
"Welcome to the Sound Transit system expansion website, where you can help Sound Transit tackle challenging questions about the future of our region. Increasing traffic is only making it harder to travel from place to place. Studies show that by 2030, rush “hour” could last all day in many places.

In November 2007, voters turned down a large package of road and transit investments. Now, the Sound Transit Board of Directors is taking a renewed look at what transit service expansions would make the biggest and quickest improvements for commuters for the least cost.

Your feedback today will help shape the future of our regional transit system."

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Vancouver Commits To What Seattle Wouldn't

Vancouver BC essentially commits itself to the future and to clean energy, something that Seattle and King County residents have been unwilling to do when it comes to Mass Transit. Vancouver is already a friendlier city when it comes to carless transportation than Seattle is, and with their new transit announcement they move in hopes of competing with such cities as Boston, New York and London.

From The National on the 14 Billion Transit Announcement

"Warren Gill, a transportation-studies professor at Simon Fraser University who has focused on transportation policy for more than 30 years, called the program "infrastructure for the ages.""

""It means Vancouver will be a functional city long into the future. People who come to Vancouver will be able to get around in the city just as they would in some of the world's great cities - New York, London, Chicago," Prof. Gill said."

Vancouver already has "the longest automated transit system in the world" and this announcement will add an additional "30 kilometres of new SkyTrain," "1,500 new clean-technology buses," and "subway-style line running 12 kilometres across central Vancouver into the booming University of British Columbia."

I am extremely jealous..