Puget Sound Transportation Projects

My thoughts on transportation in the Puget Sound area and transportation issues in general.

Archive for 2008/06


Murray Morgan Bridge May Be Locked Open

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/396955.html For those not in the area, this would create some problems. This bridge takes you from the tideflats directly into the heart of downtown. While there are other ways off of the tideflats, none are as fast or conveinent. Yes, the amount of (now pedestrian only) traffic isn’t much, but it is the only [...]

Everett HOV Project Opens Today

http://www.komonews.com/news/19564829.html http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/HOVSR526toUS2/  Ben

Seattle Sets Records in Commuter Ridership

http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_060308WAB_park_and_rides_LJ.58157b80.html http://www.apta.com/media/releases/080602_ridership_report.cfm  “The survey by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) said Seattle’s Sound Transit had the highest increase in commuter rail ridership, at 27.9 percent, and the fourth-highest increase in bus ridership, at 6.2 percent, over the same time period last year.” Ben