Sound Transit Board Approves Plan to Lakewood
Today, the Sound Transit board approved a plan for building a 1.2 mile section of track through downtown Tacoma which will allow Sounder commuter rail to extend south to Lakewood. The design includes a bridge over Pacific Avenue in that will separate the passenger trains from car traffic. Concerns raised by some about the impact of the new track on the Dome District neighborhood and South Tacoma Way are addressed in this revised design, which was officially endorsed by the Tacoma City Council on Tuesday. The project will now move into the final design phase, with Sounder trains expected to run to South Tacoma and Lakewood Station by 2012.
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3 comments
T Tressie December 14, 2007
Ugh. I’m still digesting this…but I hate 99.99% of what Pound Transit is doing with stretching trains to the south. Diesel is a dying technology….biodiesel from food crops is on its way out (I drove a biodiesel car so I studied the issues)and what comes next with the diesel fuel world…hmmm. Light rail or other electric/solar buses is such a better solution to moving peeps to the points beyond. But Backs are Being Slapped, and Pockets are Being Lined. It makes me sick to think about how other cities/countries all over the globe are trying to be modern and clean, and here, we’re stuck with profiteering and well, I’m feeling like a train is running over me….Sound Transit…is an oxymoron. Nothing sound about this decision. Too much ugly, pollution and anti-human going on here. It may be possible to design this project to be an artful asset, but given the track record…..I doubt it.
R RR Anderson December 14, 2007
Removing the need to travel is the only sustainable, not-insane solution to all our problems. When cheap energy is gone, our society will self correct. As resident doomsayer I predict the transition will suck ass for everyone… though (on the upswing) it will be funny.
T Tressie December 16, 2007
You mean Tunnel Lovin’ Nickels? and is Ladenburg reaping repercussions of his recent mini-scandal? Yes, there will always be humor but often only of the smug eye-rolling variety…and hello…“track record” is not humor?